I Reyes, 4

1. El rey Salomón fue rey de todo Israel,

1. King Solomon was king over all Israel,

2. y estos fueron los jefes, que estaban con él: Azarías, hijo de Sadoq, sacerdote;

2. and these were his high officials: Azari'ah the son of Zadok was the priest;

3. Elihaf y Ajías, hijos de Seraya, secretarios; Josafat, hijo de Ajilud, heraldo;

3. Elihor'eph and Ahi'jah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;

4. (Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá, jefe del ejército; Sadoq y Abiatar, sacerdotes);

4. Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi'athar were priests;

5. Azarías, hijo de Natán, jefe de los gobernadores; Zabud, hijo de Natán, amigo del rey

5. Azari'ah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;

6. Ajisur mayordomo; Eliab, hijo de Joab, jefe del ejército; Adoram hijo de Abdá, encargado de las levas.

6. Ahi'shar was in charge of the palace; and Adoni'ram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

7. Salomón tenía doce gobernadores sobre todo Israel que proveían al rey y a su casa; cada uno proveía un mes del año.

7. Solomon 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.

8. Estos eran sus nombres: hijo de Jur, en la montaña de Efraím.

8. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of E'phraim;

9. ... hijo de Dequer, en Mahás, Saalbim, Bet Semes, Ayyalón, hasta Bet Janán.

9. Ben-deker, in Makaz, Sha-al'bim, Beth-she'mesh, and E'lonbeth-ha'nan;

10. ... hijo de Jésed, en Arubbot; tenía Soko y toda la tierra de Jéfer.

10. Ben-hesed, in Arub'both (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);

11. hijo de Abinadab: todo el distrito de Dor. Tabaat, hija de Salomón, fue su mujer.

11. Ben-abin'adab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);

12. ... Baaná, hijo de Ajilud, en Tanak y Meguiddó hasta más allá de Yoqmeam, y sobre todo Bet Seán, por debajo de Yizreel, desde Bet Seán hasta Abel Mejolá, que está hacia Sartán.

12. Ba'ana the son of Ahi'lud, in Ta'anach, Megid'do, and all Beth-she'an which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-she'an to A'bel-meho'lah, as far as the other side of Jok'meam;

13. ... hijo de Guéber, en Ramot de Galaad; tenía los aduares de Yaír, hijo de Manasés, que están en Galaad; tenía la región de Argob en el Basán, sesenta ciudades fortificadas, amuralladas y con cerrojos de bronce.

13. Ben-geber, in Ra'moth-gil'ead (he had the villages of Ja'ir the son of Manas'seh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

14. Ajinadab, hijo de Iddó, en Majanáyim.

14. Ahin'adab the son of Iddo, in Mahana'im;

15. Ajimaas en Neftalí; también se casó con una hija de Salomón, llamada Basmat.

15. Ahi'ma-az, in Naph'tali (he had taken Bas'emath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);

16. Baaná,hijo de Jusay, en Aser y las subidas.

16. Ba'ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

17. Josafat, hijo de Paruaj, en Isacar.

17. Jehosh'aphat the son of Paru'ah, in Is'sachar;

18. Semeí, hijo de Elá, en Benjamín.

18. Shim'e-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19. Guéber, hijo de Urí, en la tierra de Gad, el país de Sijón, rey de los amorreos, y de Og, rey de Basán. Y había, además, un gobernador que estaba en el país.

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 there was one officer in the land of Judah.

20. Judá e Israel eran numerosos como la arena en la orilla del mar, y comían, bebían y se alegraban.

20. Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.

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21. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphra'tes to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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22. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,

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23. ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

24.

24. For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra'tes from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphra'tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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25. And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.

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26. Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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27. And 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.

28.

28. Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.

29.

29. And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore,

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30. so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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31. For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ez'rahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.

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32. He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

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33. He 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.

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34. And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.