1So King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2And these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok—the priest; 3Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha—secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud—recorder; 4Benaiah son of Jehoiada—commander in chief; Zadok and Abiathar—priests; 5Azariah son of Nathan—in charge of the district governors; Zabud son of Nathan—a priest and adviser to the king; 6Ahishar—palace administrator; Adoniram son of Abda—in charge of forced labor. 7Solomon 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. 8These are their names: Ben-Hur—in the hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-Deker—in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan; 10Ben-Hesed—in Arubboth (Sokoh and all the land of Hepher were his); 11Ben-Abinadab—in Naphoth Dor (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon); 12Baana 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; 13Ben-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); 14Ahinadab son of Iddo—in Mahanaim; 15Ahimaaz—in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon); 16Baana son of Hushai—in Asher and in Aloth; 17Jehoshaphat son of Paruah—in Issachar; 18Shimei son of Ela—in Benjamin; 19Geber 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
20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy. 21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 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. 22Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors⚓ of the finest flour and sixty cors⚓ of meal, 23ten 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. 24For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides. 25During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree. 26Solomon had four⚓ thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.⚓ 27The 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. 28They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.
Solomon’s Wisdom
29God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. 30Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31He 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. 32He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. 33He 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. 34From 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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Xalaumoo cov num tswv hab nwg cov tub teg tub taw
1Vaajntxwv Xalaumoo ua vaajntxwv kaav taag nrho cov Yixayee huvsw. 2Cov tuabneeg nuav yog vaajntxwv cov num tswv kws ua hlub huvsw. Xantau tug tub Axaliya ua pov thawj. 3Sisa tug tub Elihaulej hab tug tub Ahiya ua ob tug tub sau ntawv. Ahilu tug tub Yehausafa ua tug kws sau ntawv keeb kwm. 4Yehauyanta tug tub Npenaya ua thawj kaav tub rog. Xantau hab Anpiyatha ua pov thawj. 5Nathaa tug tub Axaliya ua tug thawj saib cov num tswv. Nathaa tug tub Xanpu ua pov thawj hab yog vaajntxwv phoojywg.⚓6Ahisa ua tug kws saib vaajntxwv lub vaaj lub tsev. Anpanta tug tub Antaunilaa ua tug kws kaav cov tub zug kws raug yuam ua num. 7Xalaumoo muaj kaum ob tug num tswv kws kaav cov Yixayee huvsw hab npaaj zaub mov noj rua vaajntxwv hab vaajntxwv tsev tuabneeg. Ib xyoos ib tug num npaaj zaub mov noj ib lub hlis. 8Nuav yog puab cov npe, Npeehawj kaav peg toj sab Efa‑i tebchaws. 9Npee Ntekhaw kaav lub moos Makha hab Sa‑aanpi hab Npeseme hab Eloo Npehanaa. 10Npee Hexe kaav Alunpau, (Xaukhau hab Hefaw lub tebchaws huvsw kuj zwm rua nwg.) 11Npee Anpinanta kaav Nafantau huvsw, nwg tau yuav Xalaumoo tug ntxhais Thafa ua quaspuj. 12Ahilu tug tub Npa‑ana kaav Tha‑ana hab Mekintau hab Npesaa huvsw kws nyob ib saab ntawm Xalethaa kws nyob ntawm Yile‑ee saab nraag, hab txwj ntawm Npesaa moog txug Anpee Mehaula hab dhau plhawv lub moos Yaume‑aa. 13Npee Kenpaw kaav Lamau Kile‑a, kws yog tej zej zog kws yog Manaxe tug tub Ya‑i le zej zog kws nyob huv Kile‑a, hab kaav taag nrho lub xeev Akau kws nyob huv Npasaa tebchaws, huvsw muaj rau caum lub moos luj kws muaj ntsaa loog hab muaj tej laag rooj loog tooj lab. 14Intau tug tub Ahinanta kaav Mahana‑i tebchaws. 15Ahima‑a kaav Nathali tebchaws, nwg tau yuav Xalaumoo tug ntxhais Npaxema ua quaspuj. 16Husai tug tub Npa‑ana kaav Asaw tebchaws hab lub moos Npe‑alau. 17Palu‑a tug tub Yehausafa kaav Ixakha tebchaws. 18Ela tug tub Sime‑i kaav Npeeyamee tebchaws. 19Uli tug tub Kenpaw kaav Kile‑a tebchaws, yog tebchaws kws thau cov Amaulai tug vaajntxwv Xihoo hab Npasaa tug vaajntxwv Aus kaav. Muaj tuab tug num tswv kaav lub tebchaws nuav xwb.
Xalaumoo nplua nuj hab muaj tswvyim
20Cov Yixayee hab cov Yuta muaj coob kawg cuag nkaus le tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug havtxwv. Puab muaj noj muaj haus tau zoo nyob xyiv faab hlo. 21Xalaumoo kaav taag nrho tej tebchaws txwj nrho tug dej Yufeti moog txug ncua cov Filixatee lub tebchaws hab moog txug ncua Iyi nrwm teb. Puab suavdawg coj hov txhua chaw tuaj them se rua Xalaumoo hab zwm rua nwg taag swm neej kws nwg tseed muaj txujsa nyob. 22Xalaumoo tej zaub mov mas ib nub yog cov moov mog zoo zoo peb caug khaula, cov moov mog ntxhwb rau caum khaula,⚓23kaum tug nyuj rog rog fwb huv nkuaj, neeg nkaum tug nyuj tom tshaav zaub, ib puas tug yaaj. Dua le hov muaj muas lwj, kauv seb, kauv lab hab qab rog rog, 24tsua qhov nwg kaav taag nrho tej tebchaws moog txug tug dej Yufeti saab nub poob, txwj ntawm Thixa moog txug Kaxa, hab nwg kaav taag nrho tej vaajntxwv kws nyob dej Yufeti saab nub poob huvsw. Vaajntxwv nyob sab tug quas yeeg rua xwm faab puam meem. 25Cov Yuta hab cov Yixayee nyob tso sab quas lug txwj ntawm Ntaaj moog txug ncua Npe‑awsenpa, txhua tug nyag nyob nraim ntxoo huv qaab nyag tej txwv maab txwv cua taag Xalaumoo swm neej. 26Xalaumoo tseed muaj plaub vaam lub nkuaj kaw plaub vaam tug neeg hai tsheb ua rog. Nwg muaj cov tub rog caij neeg ib vaam ob txheeb leej. 27Cov num tswv hov npaaj zaub mov xaa moog rua Xalaumoo hab rua txhua tug kws lug koom Xalaumoo lub rooj mov, nyag xaa lawv le nyag lub hli. Puab tsw tseev ib yaam daabtsw tu ncua le. 28Puab xaa qeb xaa quav nyaab tuaj rua tej neeg hai tsheb hab tej neeg caij, puab coj tuaj rua txhua lub chaw kws teem ca npaum le kws has ca rua puab lawd. 29Vaajtswv pub plaab plaw tswvyim kev txawj ntse rua Xalaumoo ntau kawg le hab pub nwg muaj taab faab hab kev paub npaum nkaus le tej xuab zeb ntawm ntug havtxwv. 30Xalaumoo tej plaab plaw tswvyim ntau dua cov tuabneeg saab nub tuaj tej tswvyim hab ntau dua cov Iyi tej tswvyim huvsw. 31Nwg muaj tswvyim hab txawj ntse dua luas lwm tug huvsw, ntse dua Etha kws yog cum Exalas, hab Hemaa hab Khakhau hab Ntanta kws yog Mahoo cov tub. Nwg lub moo nrov nchaa quas lug moog thoob plhawv txhua lub tebchaws kws nyob ib ncig. 32Nwg has peb txheeb nqai paaj lug hab ib txheeb tswb zaaj nkauj. 33Nwg has txug tej xyoob ntoo taag nrho tej ntoo cab huv Lenpanoo moog txug tej zaub txwg theem kws tuaj ntawm tej ntsaa loog. Nwg kuj has txug tej tsaj qus tej naag noog hab tej tsaj kws nkaag hab tej ntseg. 34Muaj tuabneeg tuaj huv txhua haiv tuabneeg tuaj noog Xalaumoo tej tswvyim, hab tuaj ntawm txhua tug vaajntxwv huv nplajteb nuav kws tau nov moo txug Xalaumoo tej tswvyim.