1König Salomo war König von ganz Israel.2Dies waren seine obersten Beamten: Asarja, der Enkel Zadoks, war Priester.[1] (1Kön 4,18; 1Kön 20,23)3Elihoref und Ahija, die Söhne Schischas, waren Staatsschreiber, Joschafat, der Sohn Ahiluds, war Sprecher des Königs.4Benaja, der Sohn Jojadas, war Heerführer. Zadok und Abjatar waren Priester.5Asarja, der Sohn Natans, war Vorgesetzter der Statthalter. Sabud, der Sohn Natans, war Priester, der Freund des Königs,6Ahischar war Palastvorsteher und Adoniram, der Sohn Abdas, war Aufseher über die Fronarbeiten.7Salomo hatte zwölf Statthalter für ganz Israel, die den König und sein Haus versorgten. Je einen Monat im Jahr hatte ihn jeder zu versorgen.8Das sind ihre Namen: Der Sohn Hurs im Gebirge Efraim,9der Sohn Dekers in Makaz, Schaalbim, Bet-Schemesch, Elon und Bet-Hanan,10der Sohn Heseds in Arubbot. Ihm unterstanden Socho und das ganze Gebiet von Hefer.11Dem Sohn Abinadabs unterstand der ganze Höhenrücken von Dor. Er hatte Tafat, eine Tochter Salomos, zur Frau.12Baana, der Sohn Ahiluds, verwaltete Taanach, Megiddo und ganz Bet-Schean, das an der Seite von Zaretan unterhalb von Jesreel liegt, von Bet-Schean bis Abel-Mehola und bis über Jokneam hinaus.13Der Sohn Gebers in Ramot-Gilead. Ihm unterstanden die Zeltdörfer Jaïrs, des Sohnes des Manasse, in Gilead und der Kreis Argob im Baschan, sechzig große Städte mit Mauern und bronzenen Torriegeln. (5Mo 3,4)14Ahinadab, der Sohn Iddos, in Mahanajim,15Ahimaaz in Naftali. Auch er hatte eine Tochter Salomos, nämlich Basemat, zur Frau.16Baana, der Sohn Huschais, in Ascher und Bealot,17Joschafat, der Sohn Paruachs, in Issachar,18Schimi, der Sohn Elas, in Benjamin.19Geber, der Sohn Uris, in Gilead, dem Land Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, und Ogs, des Königs des Baschan. Dazu kam ein Vogt im Land Juda.20Das Volk von Juda und Israel war zahlreich wie der Sand am Meer. Es hatte zu essen und zu trinken und war glücklich. (1Mo 22,17; 1Mo 32,13)
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Solomon’s Officials
1King Solomon was king over all Israel,2and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; (1Chr 6,10)3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2Sam 8,16; 2Sam 20,24)4Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (2Sam 20,25; 1Kön 2,27; 1Kön 2,35)5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend; (2Sam 15,37; 2Sam 16,16; 1Kön 4,7; 1Chr 27,33)6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. (2Sam 20,24; 1Kön 5,14; 1Kön 9,15; 1Kön 12,18; 2Chr 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); (4Mo 32,41; 5Mo 3,4; 1Kön 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; (1Kön 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. (5Mo 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. (1Mo 22,17; 1Kön 3,8; 2Chr 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. (1Mo 15,18; 2Mo 23,31; Jos 1,4; 2Chr 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. (1Mo 10,19; 1Chr 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. (2Sam 3,10; 2Kön 18,31; Jes 36,16; Jer 23,6; Jer 32,37; Hes 28,26; Mi 4,4; Sach 3,10)26Solomon also had 40,000[5] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. (1Kön 10,26; 2Chr 1,14; 2Chr 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. (Est 8,10; Est 8,14; Mi 1,13)29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, (1Kön 3,12; 1Kön 4,20)30so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. (Ri 6,3; Jes 19,11; Apg 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. (1Kön 4,29)32He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. (Spr 1,1; Pred 12,9; Hl 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. (1Kön 10,1; 2Chr 9,23)