1Цар Соломон беше цар над целия Израил.2И негови висши сановници бяха: Азария, син на първосвещеника Садок,3Елихореф и Ахия, синове на Сива – секретари; Йосафат, син на Ахилуд – секретар;4Ванея, син на Йодай – военачалник; Садок и Авиатар – свещеници;5Азария, син на Натан – надзорник над областните управители; Завуд, син на Натан – свещеник и приближен на царя;6Ахисар – надзорник над двореца; Адонирам, син на Авди – отговорник за повинностите.7Соломон имаше дванадесет управители над целия Израил и те осигуряваха снабдяването на царя и на неговия дворец; всеки доставяше храна за по един месец в годината.8Ето имената им: Бен-Хур в Ефремовата планинска област;9Бен Декер – в Макац, Шаалбим, Бет-Шемеш, Елон-Бетханан;10Хеседовият син – в Арубот; под негово управление бяха и Сохо, и цялата земя Хефер;11Авинадавовият син – над цялата област на Нафат-Дор, а Соломоновата дъщеря Тафат беше негова жена;12Ахилудовият син Ваана в Таанах, Мегидон и цялата земя на Бет-Шеан, при Цартан, южно от Йезреел – от Бет-Шеан до Авел-Мехола и дори отвъд Йокмеам;13под управлението на сина на Гевер в Рамот Галаадски бяха селищата на Яир, Манасиев син, които са в Галаад, и областта Аргов, която е във Васан – шестдесет големи града със стени и бронзови резета;14Идовият син Ахинадав – в Маханаим;15Ахимаас в Нефталимовата земя – той си беше взел за жена Соломоновата дъщеря Васема;16Хушаевият син Ваана – в Асировата земя и Беалот;17Фаруевият син Йосафат – в Исахаровата земя;18Шимей, син на Ела – във Вениаминовата земя;19Уриевият син Гевер – в галаадската земя, земята на аморейския цар Сихон и на Васанския цар Ог; той беше управител в тази земя.
Величието на цар Соломон
20Юда и Израил бяха многобройни като морския пясък, ядяха, пиеха и се веселяха.
1King Solomon was king over all Israel,2and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; (1 Лет 6:10)3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2 Цар 8:16; 2 Цар 20:24)4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (2 Цар 20:25; 3 Цар 2:27; 3 Цар 2:35)5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend; (2 Цар 15:37; 2 Цар 16:16; 3 Цар 4:7; 1 Лет 27:33)6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. (2 Цар 20:24; 3 Цар 5:14; 3 Цар 9:15; 3 Цар 12:18; 2 Лет 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; (И Н 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); (И Н 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; (И Н 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); (Чис 32:41; Вт 3:4; 3 Цар 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; (3 Цар 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. (Вт 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. (Бит 22:17; 3 Цар 3:8; 2 Лет 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. (Бит 15:18; Изх 23:31; И Н 1:4; 2 Лет 9:26; Пс 68:29; Пс 72:8; Пс 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. (Бит 10:19; 1 Лет 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. (2 Цар 3:10; 4 Цар 18:31; Ис 36:16; Ер 23:6; Ер 32:37; Ез 28:26; Мих 4:4; Зах 3:10)26Solomon also had 40,000[5] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. (3 Цар 10:26; 2 Лет 1:14; 2 Лет 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. (Ест 8:10; Ест 8:14; Мих 1:13)29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, (3 Цар 3:12; 3 Цар 4:20)30so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. (Съд 6:3; Ис 19:11; Д А 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. (3 Цар 4:29)32He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. (Пр 1:1; Екл 12:9; П П 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. (3 Цар 10:1; 2 Лет 9:23)