1 Kings 4:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:19-20
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. …
1 Kings 11:35-36
But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. …
2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Ecclesiastes 1:12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-19)

Here we have, I. Solomon upon his throne (1 Kgs. 4:1): So king Solomon was king, that is, he was confirmed and established king over all Israel, and not, as his successors, only over two tribes. He was a king, that is, he did the work and duty of a king, with the wisdom God had given him. Those preserve the name and honour of their place that mind the business of it and make conscience of it. II.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

1Ki 4:1-6. Solomon’s Princes. 1. So King Solomon was king over all Israel--This chapter contains a general description of the state and glory of the Hebrew kingdom during the more flourishing or later years of his reign.