1.Könige 4 | New International Version

Solomon’s officials and governors

1 So King Solomon ruled over all Israel.

2 These were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, recorder;

4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, commander-in-chief; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;

5 Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the district governors; Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and advisor to the king;

6 Ahishar, palace administrator; Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labour.

7 Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.

8 These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9 Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan;

10 Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth (Sokoh and all the land of Hepher were his);

11 Ben-Abinadab, in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);

12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across to Jokmeam;

13 Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities with bronze gate bars);

14 Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);

16 Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;

17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;

18 Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber son of Uri, in Gilead (the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and the country of Og king of Bashan). He was the only governor over the district.

Solomon’s daily provisions

20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.

21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

22 Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors* of the finest flour and sixty cors* of meal,

23 ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.

24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the River Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides.

25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig-tree.

26 Solomon had four* thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.*

27 The district governors, each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

28 They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.

Solomon’s wisdom

29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

31 He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite – wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.

32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

33 He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.

34 From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.*

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Hoffnung für alle

Verzeichnis der Beamten und Bezirksverwalter Salomos

1 Salomo herrschte nun über ganz Israel als König.

2 Und dies waren seine obersten Beamten: Oberster Priester: Asarja, ein Nachkomme von Zadok;

3 Hofsekretäre: Elihoref und Ahija, beides Söhne von Schischa; Berater des Königs: Joschafat, ein Sohn von Ahilud;

4 Oberbefehlshaber über das Heer: Benaja, ein Sohn von Jojada; Priester: Zadok und Abjatar;

5 Vorgesetzter der Bezirksverwalter: Asarja, ein Sohn von Nathan; Persönlicher Ratgeber des Königs: der Priester Sabud, ein Sohn von Nathan;

6 Palastverwalter: Ahischar; Aufseher über die Zwangsarbeiter: Adoniram, ein Sohn von Abda.

7 Salomo hatte das Land Israel in zwölf Bezirke aufgeteilt und über jeden Bezirk einen Verwalter gesetzt. Diese Bezirksverwalter waren verantwortlich für die Versorgung des königlichen Hofes. Jeder musste einen Monat im Jahr für den Unterhalt des Hofstaates aufkommen.

8 Es folgt die Liste der Bezirksverwalter und ihrer Gebiete: der Sohn von Hur*: das Gebirge Ephraim;

9 der Sohn von Deker: die Gegend der Städte Makaz, Schaalbim, Bet-Schemesch und Elon Bet-Hanan;

10 der Sohn von Hesed: die Stadt Arubbot, Socho und die Gegend von Hefer;

11 der Sohn von Abinadab, verheiratet mit Salomos Tochter Tafat: das gesamte hügelige Gebiet, das zur Küstenstadt Dor gehört;

12 Baana, ein Sohn von Ahilud: das Gebiet der Städte Taanach, Megiddo und Bet-Schean – die Nachbarstadt von Zaretan unterhalb von Jesreel –, außerdem das ganze Gebiet von Bet-Schean bis Abel-Mehola einschließlich der Stadt Jokmeam;

13 der Sohn von Geber: die Gegend von Ramot in Gilead einschließlich der sogenannten »Dörfer Jaïrs, des Sohnes von Manasse« sowie das Gebiet von Argob in Baschan mit sechzig befestigten Städten, die Mauern und Tore mit bronzenen Riegeln hatten;

14 Ahinadab, ein Sohn von Iddo: Mahanajim;

15 Ahimaaz, verheiratet mit Salomos Tochter Basemat: das Gebiet des Stammes Naftali;

16 Baana, ein Sohn von Huschai: das Gebiet des Stammes Asser und die Gegend von Bealot;

17 Joschafat, ein Sohn von Paruach: das Gebiet des Stammes Issachar;

18 Schimi, ein Sohn von Ela: das Gebiet des Stammes Benjamin;

19 Geber, ein Sohn von Uri: die Gegend von Gilead, wo früher der Amoriterkönig Sihon und König Og von Baschan geherrscht hatten. Trotz der Größe dieses Gebiets war Geber allein dafür verantwortlich.

Salomos Macht und Weisheit

20 In Juda und Israel gab es damals so viele Menschen wie Sand am Meer. Das ganze Volk hatte genug zu essen und zu trinken und war zufrieden.

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