1Tak tedy král Šalomoun kraloval nad celým Izraelem.2Toto jsou jeho hodnostáři: Azariáš, syn Sádokův, byl knězem;3Elichoref a Achiáš, synové Šišovi, byli písaři; Jošafat, syn Achiludův, byl kancléřem;4Benajáš, syn Jojadův, byl velitelem vojska; Sádok a Abiatar byli kněžími;5Azariáš, syn Nátanův, byl vrchním správcem; kněz Zábud, syn Nátanův, byl královým důvěrníkem;6Achišar byl správcem paláce; Adoniram, syn Abdův, velel nuceným pracím.7Šalomoun měl nad celým Izraelem dvanáct správců, kteří zásobovali krále a jeho palác. Každý měsíc v roce se o zásobování staral jeden z nich.8Toto jsou jejich jména: Ben-hur spravoval pohoří Efraim;9Ben-deker spravoval Makac, Šaalbim, Bet-šemeš, Elon a Bet-chanan;10Ben-chesed spravoval Arubot, což zahrnovalo Socho a kraj Chefer;11Ben-abinadab (který měl za ženu Šalomounovu dceru Táfat) spravoval celý Náfot-dor;12Baana, syn Achiludův, spravoval Taanach, Megido a celý Bet-šean u Caretánu pod Jizreelem a od Bet-šeanu po Abel-mecholu a až za Jokmeam;13Ben-geber spravoval Rámot-gileád, což zahrnovalo vesnice Manasesova syna Jaira v Gileádu a argobský kraj v Bášanu – šedesát velkých hrazených měst s bronzovými závorami;14Achinadab, syn Idův, spravoval Machanajim;15Achimaac (který měl za ženu Šalomounovu dceru Basemat) spravoval kraj Neftalí;16Baana, syn Chušaje, spravoval kraj Ašer a Alot;17Jošafat, syn Paruachův, spravoval kraj Isachar;18Šimei, syn Elův, spravoval kraj Benjamín;19Geber, syn Uriho, spravoval zemi Gileád, zemi emorejského krále Sichona a bášanského krále Oga; celou zemi pak spravoval jeden místodržící.20Judy a Izraele bylo takové množství, jako je písku v moři, a tak jedli, pili a veselili se.
1King Solomon was king over all Israel,2and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; (1Pa 6,10)3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2S 8,16; 2S 20,24)4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (2S 20,25; 1Kr 2,27; 1Kr 2,35)5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend; (2S 15,37; 2S 16,16; 1Kr 4,7; 1Pa 27,33)6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. (2S 20,24; 1Kr 5,14; 1Kr 9,15; 1Kr 12,18; 2Pa 10,18)7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.8These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; (Jz 24,33)9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);11Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); (Jz 11,2)12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; (Jz 17,11)13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); (Nu 32,41; Dt 3,4; 1Kr 22,3)14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; (1Kr 1,8)19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land. (Dt 3,8)
Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom
20Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. (Gn 22,17; 1Kr 3,8; 2Pa 1,9)21[1] Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates[2] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. (Gn 15,18; Ex 23,31; Jz 1,4; 2Pa 9,26; Ž 68,29; Ž 72,8; Ž 72,10)22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors[3] of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.24For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates[4] from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him. (Gn 10,19; 1Pa 22,9)25And Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beersheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. (2S 3,10; 2Kr 18,31; Iz 36,16; Jr 23,6; Jr 32,37; Ez 28,26; Mi 4,4; Za 3,10)26Solomon also had 40,000[5] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. (1Kr 10,26; 2Pa 1,14; 2Pa 9,25)27And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking.28Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty. (Est 8,10; Est 8,14; Mi 1,13)29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, (1Kr 3,12; 1Kr 4,20)30so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. (Sd 6,3; Iz 19,11; Sk 7,22)31For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. (1Kr 4,29)32He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. (Př 1,1; Kaz 12,9; Pís 1,1)33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.34And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. (1Kr 10,1; 2Pa 9,23)