1 Kings 4:18

Contemporary English Version

Shimei son of Ela was in charge of the territory of Benjamin.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Hebrew Names Version
Shim`i the son of Ela, in Binyamin;

King James Version
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

English Standard Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New Century Version
Shimei son of Ela was governor of Benjamin.

New English Translation
Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.

Amplified Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in [the tribe of] Benjamin;

New American Standard Bible
Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

Legacy Standard Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Complete Jewish Bible
Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and

Darby Translation
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.

Easy-to-Read Version
Shimei son of Ela was governor of Benjamin.

George Lamsa Translation
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

Good News Translation
Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin

Lexham English Bible
Shimei the son of Ela was in Benjamin.

Literal Translation
Shimei the son of Elah was in Benjamin;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Semei the sonne of Ela in BenIamin.

American Standard Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Bible in Basic English
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

King James Version (1611)
Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

English Revised Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin:

Berean Standard Bible
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Gaber,

Young's Literal Translation
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin.

Update Bible Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Webster's Bible Translation
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

World English Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New King James Version
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

New Living Translation
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

New Life Bible
Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin,

New Revised Standard
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Semei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin.

Revised Standard Version
Shim'e-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Contextual Overview

¹Here is a list of Solomon's highest officials while he was king of Israel: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were the secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud kept the government records; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the army commander; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the regional officers; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's advisor; Ahishar was the prime minister; Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. ⁷ Solomon chose twelve regional officers, who took turns bringing food for him and his household. Each officer provided food from his region for one month of the year. ⁸ These were the twelve officers: The son of Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim. ⁹ The son of Deker was in charge of the towns of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan. ¹⁰ The son of Hesed was in charge of the towns of Arubboth and Socoh, and the region of Hepher. ¹¹ The son of Abinadab was in charge of Naphath-Dor and was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath. ¹² Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of the towns of Taanach and Megiddo. He was also in charge of the whole region of Beth-Shan near the town of Zarethan, south of Jezreel from Beth-Shan to Abel-Meholah to the other side of Jokmeam. ¹³ The son of Geber was in charge of the town of Ramoth in Gilead and the villages in Gilead belonging to the family of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh. He was also in charge of the region of Argob in Bashan, which had sixty walled towns with bronze bars on their gates. ¹⁴ Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of the territory of Mahanaim. ¹⁵ Ahimaaz was in charge of the territory of Naphtali and was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shimei: 1 Kings 1:8, Zechariah 12:13

Benjamin: Joshua 18:20-28

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was sixty-five, he had a son named Methuselah,

Genesis 36:2
He married three Canaanite women: The first was Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; the second was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin. So described, to distinguish him from that Shimei that cursed David, who was of the same tribe; :-.