Forכִּיheהוּאwas rulingרֹדֶהover allבְּכָלthe other sideעֵבֶרof the river,הַנָּהָרfrom Tiphsahמִתִּפְסַחas far asוְעַדGaza,עַזָּהover allבְּכָלthe kingsמַלְכֵיof the other sideעֵבֶרof the river;הַנָּהָרand he hadוְ הָיָה לוֹpeaceשָׁלוֹםon allמִכָּלhis sidesעֲבָרָיוall around.מִסָּבִיב
1 Kings 4:24
Study it in the app“For he was ruling over all the other side of the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, over all the kings of the other side of the river; and he had peace on all his sides all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:24, word by word
- was rulingרֹדֶהrode
rule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “rode” appears- the other sideעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- of the riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- from Tiphsahתִּפְסַחtifsach
Tiphsah
Tiphsah: a city by the Euphrates River, the limit of the territory Solomon ruled (1 Kings 4:24). Another city of the same name appears in 2 Kings 15:16.
Where else “tifsach” appears- Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” appears- the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- and he hadהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
Translation note
“The other side of the river”: the lands west of the Euphrates, seen from Mesopotamia.
Places in this verse
Gaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
The context
23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelle, and roebuck, and fattened fowl.
24 · This verse (above)
25And Judah and Israel lived securely, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.