What Does 1 Kings 4:1 Mean in the King James?

So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

1 Kings 4:1 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Solomon’s name carries the root of wholeness, and the verse places that name over the whole people.

THE MEANING

A name rooted in wholeness occupies the governing seat, with its reach named as all Israel. The repeated “king” and “all Israel” make rule and scope explicit: the whole is gathered under one center.

THE ROOT

שְׁלֹמֹה

Shelomoh

GROWS FROM

שלם

sh-l-m

To be whole, complete, or sound.

“Solomon” in this verse is Shelomoh. Shelomoh grows from the same root as shalom, the Hebrew word for wholeness. The personal name carries that sense into the verse’s picture of rule over all Israel.

ALSO GROWS

shalom: Wholeness, completeness, peace.

שָׁלוֹם

The name’s root is also the word often translated “peace,” so wholeness lies beneath the English personal name.

shalem: Whole, complete, sound.

שָׁלֵם

This branch keeps the root’s sense of completeness concrete: wholeness is not only a feeling, but a state of being sound.

THE PATTERN

Wholeness becomes visible as shared order that reaches an entire people.

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Psalm 72:7 · KJVAn abundance of wholeness marks the flourishing of the people under the king’s rule.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 9:7 · KJVGovernment and wholeness grow together as the kingdom is ordered and established.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Colossians 3:15 · KJVWholeness takes the governing place and gathers many into one body.

THE THREAD

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 · KJV

Shelomoh carries the root ⁨שלם⁩, the same root beneath shalom, wholeness. Isaiah joins that same word to government in the title “Prince of Peace,” bringing the name and the governing role into one line.

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