1 Kings 4 · Verse 8

1 Kings 4:8

And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
1 Kings 4:8, King James Version

1 Kings 4:8 in other translations

BSBand these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
WEBThese are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
ASVAnd these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
YLTand these are their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;
DARBYAnd these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
BBEAnd these are their names:... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
WebsterAnd these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

What does 1 Kings 4:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. The son of Hur--or, as the Margin has it, Benhur, Bendekar. In the rural parts of Syria, and among the Arabs, it is still common to designate persons not by their own names, but as the sons of their fathers.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1-19

In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.

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1 Kings 4:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֣לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
שְׁמוֹתָ֔םshe.mo.Tam[are] names theirH8034
בֶּן\־ben-Ben-H1133
ח֖וּרchurHurH1133
בְּהַ֥רbe.Harin [the] hill country ofH2022
אֶפְרָֽיִם\׃\ \ס'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 4:8

  • Joshua 24:33

    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

  • Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.

  • Judges 17:1

    And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The son of Hur. or, Ben-hur.
Jud 17:1; 19:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 4:7

    And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

  • 1 Kings 4:8

    And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

  • 1 Kings 4:9

    The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:

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1 Kings 4:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estos son los nombres de ellos: el hijo de Hur en el monte de Ephraim;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce sont ici leurs noms: le fils de Hur, dans la montagne d’Éphraïm;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies sind ihre Namen: Ben-Hur im Gebirge Ephraim;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim.