1 O rei Salomão reinava sobre todo o Israel.
2 Estes são os ministros que o assistiam: Azarias, filho do sacerdote Sadoc;
3 Elioref e Aia, filhos de Sisa, escribas; Josafá, filho de Ailud, cronista;
4 Banaías, filho de Jojada, general do exército; Sadoc e Abiatar, sacerdotes;
5 Azarias, filho de Natã, chefe dos intendentes; Zabud, filho de Natã, conselheiro privado do rei;
6 Aisar, prefeito do palácio; e Adonirão, filho de Abda, dirigente dos trabalhos.
7 Salomão tinha doze intendentes estabelecidos sobre todo o Israel, que proviam às necessidades do rei e de sua casa, cada um durante um mês do ano.
8 Estes são os seus nomes: ..., filho de Hur, na montanha de Efraim;
9 ... {filho de Decar, em Maces, em Salebim, em Betsames e em Elon de Betanã;
10 ..., filho de Hesed, em Harubot, do qual dependia Soco e toda a terra de Eíer;
11 ..., filho de Abinadab, que tinha os altos de Dor {e era casado com Tafet, filha de Salomão};
12 Bana, filho de Ailud, que tinha Tanac e Magedo, e todo o Betsã, perto de Sartana, debaixo de Jezrael, desde Betsã, até Abelmeula, e até além de Jecmaã;
13 ..., filho de Gaber, em Ramot de Galaad, que tinha as aldeias de Jair, filho de Manassés, situadas em Galaad, toda a região de Argob em Basã, sessenta cidades grandes e muradas, que tinham fechaduras de bronze;
14 Ainadab, filho de Ado, em Maanaim;
15 Aquimaas, em Neftali, casado também com uma filha de Salomão, chamada Basemat;
16 Baana, filho de Husi, em Haser e em Halot;
17 Josafá, filho de Farué, em Issacar;
18 Semei, filho de Ela, em Benjamim;
19 Gabar, filho de Uri, na terra de Galaad, pátria de Seon, rei dos amorreus e de Og, rei de Basã; {havia um só intendente para toda essa região}.
20 A população de Judá e de Israel era tão numerosa como a areia na praia do mar; comiam, bebiam e alegravam-se.
21 Salomão dominava sobre todos os reinos, desde o Eufrates até a terra dos filisteus, e até a fronteira do Egito. Esses reinos pagavam tributo e ficaram-lhe sujeitos durante todo o tempo de sua vida.
22 {A casa de} Salomão consumia diariamente para o seu sustento trinta coros de flor de farinha e sessenta de farinha,
23 dez bois cevados e vinte de pasto, cem cordeiros, além de veados, gazelas, gamos e as aves cevadas.
24 Salomão dominava em toda a terra além do Rio, e sobre todos os reis dessas regiões, desde Tafsa até Gaza, e estava em paz com todos os povos vizinhos.
25 Judá e Israel, desde Dã até Bersabéia, viviam sem temor algum, cada qual debaixo de sua vinha e de sua figueira, durante todo o tempo que reinou Salomão.
26 Salomão tinha quatro mil manjedouras para os cavalos de seus carros, e doze mil cavalos de sela.
27 Os intendentes, cada um no seu mês, proviam às necessidades de Salomão e de todos os que se sentavam com ele à mesa real, de modo que nada lhes faltava.
28 Por seu turno, levavam também ao lugar onde fosse preciso, cevada e palha para os cavalos de carga e de montaria.
29 Deus deu a Salomão a sabedoria, uma inteligência penetrante e um espírito de uma visão tão vasta como as areias que estão à beira do mar.
30 Sua sabedoria excedia a de todos os orientais e a de todo o Egito.
31 Ele era o mais sábio de todos os homens, mais sábio do que Etã, o ezraíta, do que Hemã, Chacol e Dorda, filhos de Maol; e sua fama espalhou-se por todos os povos vizinhos.
32 Pronunciou três mil sentenças e compôs mil e cinco poemas.
33 Falou das árvores, desde o cedro do Líbano até o hissopo que brota dos muros; falou dos animais, das aves, dos répteis e dos peixes.
34 De todos os povos vinham pessoas ouvir a sabedoria de Salomão, da parte de todos os reis da terra que tinham ouvido falar de sua sabedoria.
1 Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;
6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
7 And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.
8 And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 ... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 ... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 ... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
13 ... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.
14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
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 Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.
21 And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
22 And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
23 Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
24 For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
25 So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.
28 And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
29 And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
30 And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
33 He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.
34 People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.