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1 Kings 4:18-20
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Kings 4:18-20
GOD’S WORD Translation
18 Shimei, son of Ela, was in charge of Benjamin.
19 Geber, son of Uri, was in charge of Gilead, the territory of King Sihon the Amorite and King Og of Bashan. (There was only one governor in that territory.) [a]
20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and lived happily.[b]
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- 4:19 “There was … territory” Masoretic Text; Greek “There was also one governor in the territory of Judah.”
- 4:20 1 Kings 4:21–34 in English Bibles is 1 Kings 5:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible.
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