The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:9 Explained

1 Kings 4:9

KJV: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

YLT: Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.

Darby: Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.

ASV: Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The son of Dekar,  in Makaz,  and in Shaalbim,  and Bethshemesh,  and Elonbethhanan: 

What does 1 Kings 4:9 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 4:9 mean?

in Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth Shemesh and Elon in Beth Hanan -
בֶּן־ דֶּ֛קֶר בְּמָקַ֥ץ וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֵיל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן ס

דֶּ֛קֶר  Ben-deker 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּן־דֶּקֶר  
Sense: an officer of Solomon.
בְּמָקַ֥ץ  in  Makaz 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מָקַץ  
Sense: a place in Israel; site unknown.
וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים  and  Shaalbim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שַׁעַלְבִים 
Sense: a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites.
שָׁ֑מֶשׁ  Beth  Shemesh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: a town in southwest Judah.
וְאֵיל֖וֹן  and  Elon 
Parse:
חָנָֽן  Beth  Hanan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵילֹון בֵּית חָנָן 
Sense: a city of Dan.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation

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