Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 4:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Geber son of Uri was in charge of the region of Gilead up to the territories which were formerly ruled by Sihon of the Amorites and Og of Bashan. There was one person who was in charge of the whole of the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Geber, son of Uri in Gilead (the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan). And there was only one District Officer over that district.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Geber the child of Uri, who was-in-charge of Gilead, which was under-the-jurisdiction in-the-time-past of Sihon the king of the Amornon and of Og the king of Bashan. Geber was the only governor in this entire district.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group formerly ruled, and the Bashan area, which was the area that Og formerly ruled.
In addition to all those, Solomon appointed one governor for the territory of the tribe of Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
