1 Rois 4:19

La Bible Ostervald

Guéber, fils d'Uri, au pays de Galaad, le pays de Sihon, roi des Amoréens et d'Og, roi de Bassan; et il était seul intendant de ce pays-là.

Parallel Translations

Darby's French Translation
Guéber, fils d'Uri, dans le pays de Galaad, le pays de Sihon, roi des Amoréens, et d'Og, roi de Basan: il était le seul intendant qui fût dans le pays.

Louis Segond (1910)
Guéber, fils d'Uri, dans le pays de Galaad; il avait la contrée de Sihon, roi des Amoréens, et d'Og, roi de Basan. Il y avait un seul intendant pour ce pays.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Guéber fils d'Uri, sur le pays de Galaad, [qui avait été] du pays de Sihon Roi des Amorrhéens, et de Hog Roi de Basan; et il était seul commis sur ce pays-là.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the country of Sihon: Numbers 21:21-35, Deuteronomy 2:26-37, Deuteronomy 3:1-17, Joshua 13:9-12

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead,.... Which was beyond Jordan, and inhabited by the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh; this must be understood of all the country, excepting what was under the jurisdiction of the son of Geber, 1 Kings 4:13; and which had been

the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; until it was taken from them by Moses, Numbers 21:25;

and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land; which is not true of Geber; for there was another officer in the land of Gilead besides him, the son of Geber before observed, unless it should be rendered "in that land", in that part of the land he had; but then the same might have been observed of all the rest of the officers: the words may be rendered best, "and there was one officer in the land"; which some understand of one officer over all the rest, Azariah the son of Nathan, 1 Kings 4:5; but it seems best what other Jewish writers say u, that this was another officer appointed for the intercalated month; when there were thirteen months in the year, there was an officer in the land fixed for that month to make provision out of the land; perhaps any where, where he pleased, being not limited to any certain place. These twelve providers for Solomon's family were emblems of the twelve apostles of Christ, appointed to provide food for his family, the church; and if you add to them the Apostle Paul, it will make thirteen, as this officer did.

u T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 12. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The meaning of the last clause is somewhat doubtful. On the whole, our King James Version may well stand as nearly correct. The writer has assigned to Geber a wide stretch of territory; and, anticipating surprise, assures his readers ” (there was but) one officer who (purveyed) in this land.”