1 Salomão, filho de Davi, estabeleceu firme controle sobre seu reino, pois o Senhor, seu Deus, estava com ele e o tornou muito poderoso.
2 Salomão convocou todas as autoridades de Israel: os generais e capitães do exército, os juízes e todos os líderes e chefes dos clãs. 3 Então conduziu toda a comunidade ao lugar de culto em Gibeom, pois ali ficava a tenda do encontro. Essa era a tenda que Moisés, servo do Senhor, havia feito no deserto.
4 Davi tinha transportado a arca de Deus de Quiriate-Jearim para a tenda que ele havia preparado para ela em Jerusalém. 5 Mas o altar de bronze feito por Bezalel, filho de Uri e neto de Hur, ainda estava ali em Gibeom, em frente ao tabernáculo do Senhor. Então Salomão e o povo se reuniram nesse local para consultar o Senhor. 6 Na presença do Senhor, Salomão ofereceu mil holocaustos sobre o altar de bronze, que estava na tenda do encontro.
7 Naquela noite, Deus apareceu a Salomão e lhe disse: "Peça o que quiser, e eu lhe darei".
8 Salomão respondeu a Deus: "Tu mostraste grande amor leal a meu pai, Davi, e agora me fizeste rei em seu lugar. 9 Ó Senhor Deus, cumpre a promessa que fizeste a meu pai, Davi, pois me fizeste rei sobre um povo tão numeroso como o pó da terra! 10 Dá-me sabedoria e conhecimento para que eu os lidere bem, pois quem é capaz de governar este teu grande povo?".
11 Deus disse a Salomão: "Uma vez que esse é seu desejo, e não pediu riqueza, nem bens, nem fama, nem a morte de seus inimigos, nem vida longa, mas sabedoria e conhecimento para governar bem meu povo, sobre o qual o fiz rei, 12 certamente lhe darei a sabedoria e o conhecimento que pediu. Também lhe darei riqueza, bens e fama como nenhum rei teve nem jamais terá".
13 Então Salomão voltou da tenda do encontro, no lugar de culto em Gibeom, para Jerusalém, e reinou sobre todo o Israel.
14 Salomão ajuntou muitos carros de guerra e cavalos. Possuía 1.400 carros de guerra e 12.000 cavalos. Mantinha alguns deles nas cidades designadas para guardar esses carros de guerra e outros perto dele, em Jerusalém. 15 O rei tornou a prata e o ouro tão comuns em Jerusalém como as pedras. E havia tanta madeira valiosa de cedro como as figueiras-bravas que crescem nas colinas de Judá. 16 Os cavalos de Salomão eram importados do Egito e da Cilícia; os comerciantes do rei os adquiriam da Cilícia pelo preço de mercado. 17 Naquela época, um carro de guerra do Egito custava 600 peças de prata, e um cavalo, 150 peças de prata. Depois, eram exportados aos reis dos hititas e aos reis da Síria.
1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom. And LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every ruler in all Israel, the heads of the fathers.
3 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon. For the tent of meeting of God was there, which Moses the servant of LORD had made in the wilderness.
4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it. For he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of LORD. And Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
6 And Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
8 And Solomon said to God, Thou have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his stead.
9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established. For thou have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people. For who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate thee, neither yet have asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that
12 wisdom and knowledge is granted to thee. And I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before thee, neither shall any after thee have the like.
13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.
14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
15 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
16 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king's merchants received them in herds, each herd at a price.
17 And they went after and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And so they brought them out by their means for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria.