1 King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend; 6 Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year. 8 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; 10 Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him); 11 Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife); 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam; 13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him); 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife); 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal, 23 ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides around him. 25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking. 28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty. 29 God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore. 30 Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34 People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
1 所罗门王作了全以色列的王。
2 以下这些人是他的官员： 撒督的儿子亚撒利雅作祭司；
3 示沙的两个儿子以利何烈和亚希亚作书记； 亚希律的儿子约沙法作史官；
4 耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅统领军队； 撒督和亚比亚他作祭司；
5 拿单的儿子亚撒利雅作幕僚长； 拿单的儿子撒布得作祭司， 他也是王的朋友；
6 亚希煞作家宰； 亚比大的儿子亚多尼兰掌管服劳役的人。
7 所罗门在全以色列立了十二个官员； 他们为王和王家供应食物， 每人每年供应一个月。
8 以下是他们的名字： 便．户珥在以法莲山地；
9 便．底甲在玛迦斯、沙宾、伯．示麦、以伦和伯．哈南；
10 便．希悉在亚鲁泊， 梭哥和希弗全地是属他管理的；
11 便．亚比拿达在拿法多珥全境， 他娶了所罗门的女儿他法为妻；
12 亚希律的儿子巴拿在他纳、米吉多和伯．善全地， 由伯．善到亚伯．米何拉， 再到约克米暗之外；
13 便．基列在基列的拉末； 玛拿西的子孙睚珥在基列的村落是属他的， 巴珊的亚珥歌伯地的六十座有城墙和铜闩的大城也是属他的。
14 易多的儿子亚希拿达在玛哈念；
15 亚希玛斯在拿弗他利， 他娶了所罗门的女儿巴实抹为妻；
16 户筛的儿子巴拿在亚设和亚录；
17 帕路亚的儿子约沙法在以萨迦；
18 以拉的儿子示每在便雅悯；
19 乌利的儿子基别在基列地， 就是从前亚摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩之地。这地只有一个官员管理。
20 犹大人和以色列人很多， 像海边的沙那样多； 他们都吃喝、快乐。
21 所罗门统治列国， 从大河到非利士地， 直到埃及的边界。这些国家， 在所罗门在世的日子， 都向他进贡， 服事他。
22 所罗门每天的食物是细面粉五千公升、粗面粉一万公升、
23 肥牛十头、草场的牛二十头、羊一百只， 此外还有鹿、羚羊、麃子和肥禽。
24 因为所罗门统治大河西边， 从提弗萨直到迦萨的全境和大河西边的列王， 所以他的四境都平安无事。
25 所罗门在世的日子， 犹大和以色列人从但到别是巴， 都各在自己的葡萄树下和无花果树下安然居住。
26 所罗门有套车的马四万匹和骑兵一万二千人。
27 那些官员分别每月供应所罗门王和所有与所罗门王一同坐席的人的食物， 从没有缺少。
28 他们也各按各的职分供给拉车的马和快马吃的大麦和干草， 送到指定的地方。
29 神赐给所罗门智慧、极大的聪明和广大的心， 好像海边的沙那样无限无量。
30 所罗门的智慧大过所有东方人的智慧， 大过埃及人的一切智慧。
31 他比万人都有智慧， 胜过以斯拉人以探和玛曷的三个儿子希幔、甲各、达大的智慧。他的名声传遍了四周列国。
32 他说了箴言三千句， 他的诗歌有一千零五首；
33 他讲论草木， 从黎巴嫩的香柏木到生长在墙上的牛膝草； 他也讲论走兽、飞禽、爬虫和鱼类。
34 万族之中和地上列王之中， 听闻所罗门的智慧的， 都有人来听所罗门的智慧。（本章第21-34节在《马索拉抄本》为5:1-14）