1 Kings 4:18

Bible in Basic English

Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Hebrew Names Version
Shim`i the son of Ela, in Binyamin;

King James Version
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

English Standard Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New Century Version
Shimei son of Ela was governor of Benjamin.

New English Translation
Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.

Amplified Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in [the tribe of] Benjamin;

New American Standard Bible
Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

Legacy Standard Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Contemporary English Version
Shimei son of Ela was in charge of the territory of Benjamin.

Complete Jewish Bible
Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and

Darby Translation
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.

Easy-to-Read Version
Shimei son of Ela was governor of Benjamin.

George Lamsa Translation
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

Good News Translation
Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin

Lexham English Bible
Shimei the son of Ela was in Benjamin.

Literal Translation
Shimei the son of Elah was in Benjamin;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Semei the sonne of Ela in BenIamin.

American Standard Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

King James Version (1611)
Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

English Revised Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin:

Berean Standard Bible
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Gaber,

Young's Literal Translation
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin.

Update Bible Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Webster's Bible Translation
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

World English Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New King James Version
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

New Living Translation
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

New Life Bible
Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin,

New Revised Standard
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Semei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin.

Revised Standard Version
Shim'e-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

Contextual Overview

¹ Now Solomon was king over all Israel. ² And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest; ³ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder; ⁴ Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; ⁵ Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend; ⁶ Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work. ⁷ And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year. ⁸ And these are their names: Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim; ⁹ Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; ¹⁰ Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shimei: 1 Kings 1:8, Zechariah 12:13

Benjamin: Joshua 18:20-28

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

Genesis 36:2
Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin. So described, to distinguish him from that Shimei that cursed David, who was of the same tribe; :-.