1So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,4.2 priest: or, chief officer 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.4.3 scribes: or, secretaries4.3 recorder: or, remembrancer 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend: 6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.4.6 tribute: or, levy
7¶ 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. 8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:4.8 The son…: or, Ben-hur 9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:4.9 The son…: or, Ben-dekar 10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:4.10 The son…: or, Ben-hesed 11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:4.11 The son…: or, Ben-abinadab 12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 13The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:4.13 The son…: or, Ben-geber 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:4.14 Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim 15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
20¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22¶ And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,4.22 provision: Heb. bread4.22 measures: Heb. cors 23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.4.25 safely: Heb. confidently
26¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.4.28 dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts
29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. 32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
所羅門的臣僕
1所羅門統治以色列， 2以下是他的眾臣僕：撒督的兒子亞撒利雅做祭司； 3示沙的兒子以利何烈和亞希亞做書記；亞希律的兒子約沙法做史官； 4耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅做元帥；撒督和亞比亞他做祭司長； 5拿單的兒子亞撒利雅掌管吏部；拿單的兒子撒布得祭司做所羅門王的顧問； 6亞希煞總管宮廷事務；亞比大的兒子亞多尼蘭總管做勞役的。
7所羅門在以色列全國設立了十二個地方官，負責供給王及王室的需用，每年每人負責一個月。 8這十二個地方官是：便·戶珥，負責以法蓮山區； 9便·底甲，負責瑪迦斯、沙賓、伯·示麥、以倫·伯·哈南； 10便·希悉，負責亞魯泊，包括梭哥和希弗全境； 11所羅門女兒她法的丈夫便·亞比拿達，負責多珥高原； 12亞希律的兒子巴拿，負責他納和米吉多，靠近撒拉他拿、耶斯列下邊的伯·善全境，以及從伯·善到亞伯·米何拉，遠至約念； 13便·基別，負責基列的拉末和瑪拿西子孫雅珥在基列的城邑，以及巴珊的亞珥歌伯地區有城牆和銅閂的大城六十座； 14易多的兒子亞希拿達，負責瑪哈念； 15所羅門的另一個女兒巴實抹的丈夫亞希瑪斯，負責拿弗他利； 16戶篩的兒子巴拿，負責亞設和亞祿； 17帕路亞的兒子約沙法，負責以薩迦； 18以拉的兒子示每，負責便雅憫； 19烏利的兒子基別，獨自負責從前屬亞摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩的基列地區。
所羅門的財富和智慧
20猶大人和以色列人多如海沙，豐衣足食，生活幸福。 21所羅門統管列國，從幼發拉底河至非利士，直到埃及邊界。所羅門在世的日子，列國都年年進貢稱臣。
22王室每天用三千公斤細麵粉、六千公斤粗麵粉、 23十頭肥牛、二十頭草場的牛、一百隻羊，此外還有鹿、羚羊、麅子及肥禽。 24所羅門統治幼發拉底河西面所有的國家，從提弗薩直到迦薩，四境安寧。 25所羅門在世的時候，從但到別示巴的猶大人和以色列人都在自己的葡萄樹和無花果樹下安居。
26所羅門有四萬匹拉戰車的馬，一萬二千名騎兵。 27十二個地方官按月供給所羅門王及王室的需用，使他們一無所缺。 28他們也各按其份提供餵馬用的大麥和乾草。
29上帝賜予所羅門無比的智慧、悟性和淵博的學識。 30他的智慧高過東方人和埃及人的一切智慧， 31無人能比，勝過以斯拉人以探和瑪曷的兒子希幔、甲各、達大的智慧。他名揚四周列國。 32所羅門寫下箴言三千句，作詩歌一千零五首。 33他對飛禽走獸、草木魚蟲，從黎巴嫩的香柏樹到長在牆上的牛膝草，都無所不知。 34天下列王風聞所羅門的智慧，都紛紛遣使來求教。
