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1 Kings 4 — Hebrew and Greek compared

Saints Translation — 1 Kings 1–22 — Comparison V2

Same 1 Similar 0 Different 12 Divergent 7 Disparate 0

Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.

1 Kings 4

The ordering of a kingdom under God

Editorial Christian reading: human administration belongs within the account of wisdom, while Christ’s kingdom exceeds the achievements of Solomon [P1, XVII.8].

4:1–6 | Solomon’s chief officers

Verse MT 4:1 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:1

King Solomon was king over all Israel.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:1

King Solomon reigned over Israel.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew expressly includes all; Greek does not. The shared royal notice follows the judgment scene.

Rabbinic: Rashi connects the people’s acceptance of Solomon’s kingship with their recognition of his wisdom [R4].

Verse MT 4:2 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:2

These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok the priest;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:2

These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek lacks the priest. Hebrew’s final title can attach to Azariah or to Zadok; the English retains its position without settling that syntactical question.

Verse MT 4:3 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahijah son of Saba were scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew makes both scribes sons of Shisha; Greek has singular son after Ahijah and names Saba. The securely corresponding other names are normalized.

Rabbinic: Rashi reports an interpretation of the recorder as reminding the king of cases’ order of arrival [R4].

Verse MT 4:4 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:4

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:4

Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek lacks Benaiah’s military appointment in this list. Both retain Abiathar despite his removal in chapter 2; no date or restored office is invented to reconcile the notices.

Verse MT 4:5 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king’s friend;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:5

Ornia son of Nathan was over the appointed officers; Zabud son of Nathan was the king’s companion;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Azariah differs from Greek Ornia, and Hebrew explicitly calls Zabud a priest. Friend and companion render the respective court relationship without replacing the priestly term by an administrative office.

Verse MT 4:6 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:6

Ahishar was over the household; Adoniram son of Abda was over the forced labor.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:6

Achiel was household steward; Eliab son of Saph was over the clan; Adoniram son of Ephra was over the tributes.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek adds Eliab and his office, names Achiel and Ephra, and has tributes where Hebrew has a labor levy. Clan retains patria provisionally; the office is not silently changed to army on the basis of another Greek tradition.

4:7–19 | The provisioning districts

Greek district units are aligned by their corresponding subjects; their own references remain visible.

Verse MT 4:7 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:7

Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who provided for the king and his household. Each was responsible for providing one month in the year.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:7

Solomon had twelve appointed officers over all Israel to provide for the king and his household. Each was responsible for providing one month in the year.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The number, scope, and monthly obligation agree. The Hebrew read form at each supplies the article before one [R4], without changing the distribution.

Verse MT 4:8 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:8

These were their names: the son of Hur, in Ephraim’s hill country;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:8

These were their names: Benor, in Ephraim’s hill country—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew explicitly has son of Hur; Greek gives the combined name Benor and adds one. The Greek enumerating word is retained wherever the source repeats it.

Verse MT 4:9 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:9

the son of Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:9

the son of Rechab, in Machemas, Bethalamin, Beth-shemesh, and Ailon as far as Beth-hanan—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The father’s name and several places differ. Greek explicitly makes Beth-hanan a limit after Ailon. Uncertain places are not identified with Hebrew locations merely to make an itinerary agree.

Verse MT 4:10 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:10

the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; Socoh and all Hepher’s land belonged to his charge;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:10

the son of Esoth, in Berbethnema, Lousamencha, and Rhesphara;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The Greek sequence contains transcribed names in place of Hebrew’s clearer place-and-jurisdiction phrases. In is supplied from the list’s setting; the exact division and identification of the Greek names remain uncertain.

Verse MT 4:11 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:11

the son of Abinadab, over all Dor’s district; Solomon’s daughter Taphath was his wife;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:11

Chinanadab and Anaphathi, husband of Tableth; a daughter of Solomon was his wife—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek’s compressed names and husband phrase are difficult and remain provisional. Hebrew’s district of Dor and Taphath are not inserted into Greek to repair it. The final one is retained without inventing an additional officer.

Verse MT 4:12 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud, over Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:12

Baccha son of Ahilud, over Taanach, Megiddo, and all the house of San beside Sesathan below Esrae, and from Baisaphoud, Abel-meholah, as far as Maeber Loukam—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Baccha and the Greek boundary names remain distinct. Greek expressly has house of San and an awkward from-place sequence. Over is contextual supplementation in both lists; uncertain route relations are not reconstructed.

Verse MT 4:13 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:13

the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to his charge, as did Argob’s district in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:13

the son of Geber, in Remath-gilead; Eregaba’s district in Bashan belonged to his charge, sixty great walled cities with bronze bars—one;

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek lacks the villages of Jair and Manasseh genealogy, and retains Eregaba as the district name. Both preserve sixty fortified cities and bronze bars. No iron is substituted for the stated metal.

Verse MT 4:14 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:14

Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:14

Ahinadab son of Achel, in Mahanaim—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The father’s name differs. Mahanaim represents the securely corresponding Greek Maanain; the final one continues the Greek enumeration.

Verse MT 4:15 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he too took Solomon’s daughter Basemath as a wife;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he too took Solomon’s daughter Basemath as a wife—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The marriage, names, and district agree. Greek alone includes the repeated one.

Verse MT 4:16 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:16

Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:16

Baana son of Hushai, in Maalath—one;

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew names Asher and Aloth; Greek gives Maalath. The respective location wording is retained rather than normalized as if its geographical equivalence were established.

Verse MT 4:17 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:17

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:19

Jehoshaphat son of Phouasoud, in Issachar.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek places this officer last, at 4:19, rather than before the Benjamin entry. The father’s form also differs. Subject alignment here preserves the actual source reference and accounts for the Greek verse once.

Verse MT 4:18 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:18

Shimei son of Elah, in Benjamin;

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:17

Shammah son of Elah, in Benjamin;

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek places this entry before its Geber entry and has Shammah where Hebrew has Shimei. The aligned row shows the source’s actual verse number rather than silently renumbering it.

Verse MT 4:19 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:19

Geber son of Uri, in Gilead’s land, the land of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan; there was one officer in the land.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 4:18

Geber son of Adai, in Gad’s land, the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan; and one officer in Judah’s land;

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Besides the changed order, Greek names Adai, Gad, Heshbon, and Judah, and borrows nasif for the officer designation, translated officer [D10]. Hebrew’s final one-officer clause is ambiguous.

Rabbinic: Rashi reports alternatives: a supervisor over the others, or provision for the added month in a leap year [R4].

4:20 | Judah and Israel’s abundance

Verse MT 4:20 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 4:20

Judah and Israel were numerous, like the sand beside the sea in multitude, eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

No LXX counterpart

[No Greek verse at this location; related Greek wording appears at 2:46a.]

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: The selected Greek chapter ends at 4:19. The corresponding prosperity image already appears in its additional notice at 2:46a and is not duplicated here.