The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:18 Explained

1 Kings 4:18

KJV: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

YLT: Shimei Ben-Elah is in Benjamin.

Darby: Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.

ASV: Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Shimei  the son  of Elah,  in Benjamin: 

What does 1 Kings 4:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 4:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 4

1  Solomon's princes
7  His twelve officers for provision
20  The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22  His daily provision
26  His stable
29  His wisdom

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 4:18 mean?

Shimei son of Elah in Benjamin -
שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־ אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן ס

שִׁמְעִ֥י  Shimei 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעִי  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֵלָ֖א  of  Elah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵלָא  
Sense: father of one of Solomon’s deputies.
בְּבִנְיָמִֽן  in  Benjamin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation

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