What Does 1 Kings 4:10 Mean in the King James?

The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

1 Kings 4:10 · 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

Beneath “Hesed” is the Hebrew word for faithful love, set beside an appointment defined by actual land.

THE MEANING

Responsibility here has a geography: a named steward’s charge includes Sochoh and all the land of Hepher. The name Hesed carries the meaning of faithful love, placing that quality beside a concrete, bounded assignment.

THE ROOT

חֶסֶד

ḥesed

GROWS FROM

ח־ס־ד

Faithful love, loyal kindness

Hesed is not only a person’s name; it is the Hebrew word for faithful, loyal love. In this verse, that meaning sits beside a charge tied to particular places, though the verse does not say how the steward governs them.

ALSO GROWS

ḥāsad: To act loyally or show kindness

חָסַד

This verbal form presents faithful love as something enacted, not only named.

ḥāsîd: Faithful, devoted; a loyal one

חָסִיד

This form applies the root’s quality to a person, echoing how Hesed appears here as a personal name.

THE PATTERN

Responsibility becomes concrete when it is attached to a defined charge.

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 4:7 · KJVThe officers’ responsibility is made concrete through a defined duty and schedule of provision.

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:7 · KJVThe verse names a specific charge and the people and place it serves.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Luke 16:10 · KJVFaithfulness is shown through the handling of a particular responsibility, whether small or great.

THE THREAD

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

Ruth 1:8 · KJV

The Hebrew behind “deal kindly” is ḥesed, the same word carried in the name Hesed. Ruth makes the name’s root audible as an action: faithful love shown through loyal care.

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