The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:19 Explained

1 Kings 4:19

KJV: Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

YLT: Geber Ben-Uri is in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who is in the land.

Darby: Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and he was the only superintendent that was in the land.

ASV: Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer that was in the land.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Geber  the son  of Uri  [was] in the country  of Gilead,  [in] the country  of Sihon  king  of the Amorites,  and of Og  king  of Bashan;  and [he was] the only  officer  which [was] in the land. 

What does 1 Kings 4:19 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 4:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 4

1  Solomon's princes
7  His twelve officers for provision
20  The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22  His daily provision
26  His stable
29  His wisdom

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 4:19 mean?

Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og of Bashan and [He was] the governor one who [was] in the land
גֶּ֥בֶר בֶּן־ אֻרִ֖י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֶ֜רֶץ סִיח֣וֹן ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וְעֹג֙ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן וּנְצִ֥יב אֶחָ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ

גֶּ֥בֶר  Geber 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֶּבֶר  
Sense: the son of Uri, an officer of Solomon, overseer of Gilead.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֻרִ֖י  of  Uri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּרִי 
Sense: a prince of Judah, a son of Hur who was used by God to prepare the tabernacle.
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
גִּלְעָ֑ד  of  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
אֶ֜רֶץ  [in]  the  country 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
סִיח֣וֹן ׀  of  Sihon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סִיחֹון  
Sense: king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan.
מֶ֣לֶךְ  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הָאֱמֹרִ֗י  of  the  Amorites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱמֹרִי  
Sense: one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt.
וְעֹג֙  and  of  Og 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹוג  
Sense: the Amorite king of Bashan and one of the last representatives of the giant race of Rephaim.
הַבָּשָׁ֔ן  of  Bashan 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּשָׁן 
Sense: a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh.
וּנְצִ֥יב  and  [He  was]  the  governor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְצִיב  
Sense: set over, something placed, pillar, prefect, garrison, post.
אֶחָ֖ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  who  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בָּאָֽרֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.

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