1King Solomon was king over all Israel,2and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; (1Ch 6:10)3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:24)4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (2Sa 20:25; 1Ki 2:27; 1Ki 2:35)5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend; (2Sa 15:37; 2Sa 16:16; 1Ki 4:7; 1Ch 27:33)6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. (2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 5:14; 1Ki 9:15; 1Ki 12:18; 2Ch 10:18)7Solomon 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.8These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; (Jos 24:33)9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);11Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); (Jos 11:2)12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; (Jos 17:11)13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); (Nu 32:41; De 3:4; 1Ki 22:3)14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; (1Ki 1:8)19Geber 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 governor who was over the land. (De 3:8)
Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom
20Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. (Ge 22:17; 1Ki 3:8; 2Ch 1:9)21[1] Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates[2] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. (Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31; Jos 1:4; 2Ch 9:26; Ps 68:29; Ps 72:8; Ps 72:10)22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors[3] of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.24For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates[4] from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him. (Ge 10:19; 1Ch 22:9)25And Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beersheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. (2Sa 3:10; 2Ki 18:31; Isa 36:16; Jer 23:6; Jer 32:37; Eze 28:26; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10)26Solomon also had 40,000[5] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. (1Ki 10:26; 2Ch 1:14; 2Ch 9:25)27And 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.28Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty. (Es 8:10; Es 8:14; Mic 1:13)29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, (1Ki 3:12; 1Ki 4:20)30so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. (Jud 6:3; Isa 19:11; Ac 7:22)31For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. (1Ki 4:29)32He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. (Pr 1:1; Ec 12:9; So 1:1)33He 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.34And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. (1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:23)
1 Kings 4
Neue evangelistische Übersetzung
Die Verwaltung des Reiches
1Salomo war nun König über ganz Israel.2Als oberste Beamte hatte er folgende Männer eingesetzt: Asarja Ben-Zadok als Priester,3Elihoref und Ahija, die Söhne von Schischa, als Staatsschreiber, Joschafat Ben-Ahilud als Kanzler,4Benaja Ben-Jojada als Heerführer, Zadok und Abjatar als Priester,5Asarja Ben-Natan als Vorsteher der Vögte, den Priester Sabud Ben-Natan als Freund des Königs,6Ahischar als Palastverwalter und Adoniram Ben-Abda als Beauftragter für die Zwangsarbeit.7Salomo hatte Israel in zwölf Bezirke eingeteilt, die von Vögten verwaltet wurden. Diese hatten reihum je einen Monat lang die Versorgung des königlichen Hofs zu übernehmen.8Hier sind ihre Namen: Ben-Hur für das Bergland von Efraïm;9Ben-Deker für das Gebiet der Städte Makaz, Schaalbim, Bet-Schemesch, Ajalon und Bet-Hanan;10Ben-Hesed für die Stadt Arubbot, das Gebiet von Socho und das ganze Land Hefer;11Ben-Abinadab – seine Frau war Salomos Tochter Tafat – für das Hügelland von Dor;12Baana Ben-Ahilud für Taanach und Megiddo, das ganze Gebiet um Bet-Schean in der Nähe von Zaretan, unterhalb von Jesreel, von Bet-Schean bis Abel-Mehola gegenüber von Jokneam;13Ben-Geber für die Stadt Ramot in Gilead, für die Zeltdörfer Jaïr Ben-Manasses in Gilead und das Gebiet von Argob in Baschan mit 60 großen Städten, die Mauern mit Torriegeln aus Bronze hatten;14Ahinadab Ben-Iddo für das Gebiet um Mahanajim;15Ahimaaz – seine Frau war Salomos Tochter Basemat – für das Stammesgebiet von Naftali;16Baana Ben-Huschai für das Stammesgebiet von Ascher und das Gebiet um Bealot;17Joschafat Ben-Paruach für das Stammesgebiet von Issachar;18Schimi Ben-Ela für das Stammesgebiet von Benjamin;19Geber Ben-Uri für das Gebiet von Sihon, dem König der Amoriter, und Og, dem König von Baschan im Land Gilead. Für das Land Juda war nur ein Vogt zuständig.20Das Volk von Juda und Israel war zahlreich wie der Sand am Meer. Es hatte zu essen und zu trinken und war glücklich.