The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:8 Explained

1 Kings 4:8

KJV: And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

YLT: and these are their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

Darby: And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.

ASV: And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And these [are] their names:  The son of Hur,  in mount  Ephraim: 

What does 1 Kings 4:8 Mean?

Study Notes

son of Hur
Or, Benhur.

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 4:8 mean?

And these [are] their names Ben- Hur in the mountains of Ephraim -
וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם בֶּן־ ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם ס

וְאֵ֣לֶּה  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם  their  names 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
בֶּן־  Ben- 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
ח֖וּר  Hur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּן־חוּר  
Sense: a man who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim.
בְּהַ֥ר  in  the  mountains 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
אֶפְרָֽיִם  of  Ephraim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפְרַיִם  
Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation

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