1 Kings 4:18

Complete Jewish Bible

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

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;

Contemporary English Version
Shimei son of Ela was in charge of the territory of Benjamin.

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

¹ King Shlomo was king over all Isra'el, ² and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen; ³ Elichoref and Achiyah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud, secretary of state; ⁴ B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim; ⁵ ‘Azaryah the son of Natan, chief administrator; Zavud the son of Natan, the king's trusted counselor; ⁶ Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of ‘Avda, in charge of forced labor. ⁷ Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year. ⁸ They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim; ⁹ the son of Deker, in Makatz, Sha‘albim, Beit-Shemesh and Eilon-Beit-Hanan; ¹⁰ the son of Hesed, in Arubot; he also had charge of Sokhoh and all the territory of Hefer;

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
Hanokh lived sixty-five years and fathered Metushelach.

Genesis 36:2
‘Esav chose Kena‘ani women as his wives: ‘Adah the daughter of Eilon the Hitti; Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah the daughter of Tziv‘on the Hivi;

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; :-.