Solomon's Officials
1 Solomon was king of all Israel, 2 and these were his high officials:
The priest: Azariah son of Zadok3 The court secretaries: Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of ShishaIn charge of the records: Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud4 Commander of the army: Benaiah son of JehoiadaPriests: Zadok and Abiathar5 Chief of the district governors: Azariah son of NathanRoyal Adviser: the priest Zabud son of Nathan6 In charge of the palace servants: AhisharIn charge of the forced labor: Adoniram son of Abda7 Solomon appointed twelve men as district governors in Israel. They were to provide food from their districts for the king and his household, each man being responsible for one month out of the year. 8 The following are the names of these twelve officers and the districts they were in charge of:
Benhur: the hill country of Ephraim9 Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan10 Benhesed: the cities of Arubboth and Socoh and all the territory of Hepher11 Benabinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath: the whole region of Dor12 Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam13 Bengeber: the city of Ramoth in Gilead, and the villages in Gilead belonging to the clan of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, and the region of Argob in Bashan, sixty large towns in all, fortified with walls and with bronze bars on the gates14 Ahinadab son of Iddo: the district of Mahanaim15 Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali16 Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar18 Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin19 Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of BashanBesides these twelve, there was one governor over the whole land.
Solomon's Prosperous Reign
20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy. 21 Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
22 The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal; 23 10 stall-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
24 Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him, and he was at peace with all the neighboring countries. 25 As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses. 27 His twelve governors, each one in the month assigned to him, supplied the food King Solomon needed for himself and for all who ate in the palace; they always supplied everything needed. 28 Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the work animals.
29 God gave Solomon unusual wisdom and insight, and knowledge too great to be measured. 30 Solomon was wiser than the wise men of the East or the wise men of Egypt. 31 He was the wisest of all men: wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame spread throughout all the neighboring countries. 32 He composed three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs. 33 He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls; he talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. 34 Kings all over the world heard of his wisdom and sent people to listen to him.
Omalenga omakulunhu aSalomo
1 Osho ngaha hano ohamba Salomo ya li ohamba yOvaisraeli aveshe. 2 Nomalenga ayo aa: Asaria yaSadok okwa li omupristeli. 3 Elihoref naAhia, ovana vaSisa, ova li ovashangi. Josafat yaAhilud okwa li elenga ekulunhu. 4 Ndele Benaja yaJehoiada okwa li ondjai yovakwaita. Sadok naAbjatar va li ovapristeli. 5 Asaria yaNatan okwa li omukulunhu woovene vomikunda. Ndele Sabud yaNatan, omupristeli, okwa li kaume kohamba. 6 Ndele Ahisar okwa li omukeleli weumbo lohamba. Ndele Adoniram yaAbda okwa li omupashukili woilonga yoshilongo.
7 Natango muIsrael ashishe Salomo okwa li e nomalenga omulongo naavali. Oo a li e nokukalela ohamba neumbo layo noshisho sheendja. Keshe limwe la li li nokweeta eendja dohani imwe yomomudo. 8 Nomadina avo aa: Ben-Hur keemhunda daEfraim; 9 Ben-Deker muMakas nomuSaalbim nomuBet-Semes nomuElon-Bet-Hanan. 10 Ben-Hesed muArubbot. Ye okwa li e na Sogo nedu alishe laHefer. 11 Ben-Abinadab oshikandjo ashishe shomutumbo shaDor. Omwalikadi waye okwa li Tafat, omona okakadona kaSalomo. 12 Baana yaAhilud okwa li e na: Taanak naMegido naBetshan ashishe, osho sha li kombinga yaSareta yokuJisreel, okudja kuBetshan fiyo okuAbel-Mehola, fiyo sha koya Jokmeam. 13 Ben-Geber okwa li muRamot shomuGilead. Ye okwa li e nomikunda daJair yaManasse, odo da li muGilead. Nokwa li yo e nonhele yoshikandjo shaArgob shi li muBasan: oilando omilongo hamano inene neehotekuma noiidilifo yoshikushu. 14 Ahinadab yaIddo okwa li muMahanaim. 15 Ahimas muNaftali. Naye yo okwa li e nomona okakadona Basmat yaSalomo omwalikadi. 16 Baana yaHusai okwa li muAsser nomuAlot. 17 Josafat yaParuah muIsaskar. 18 Simei yaEla muBenjamin. 19 Geber yaUri moshikandjo shaGilead, mouhamba waSihon, ohamba yOvaamori, noshaOg, ohamba yaBasan. Ndele ye okwa li elenga limwe alike moshilongo tuu osho.
20 Ovajuda nOvaisraeli va li vahapu ngaashi eheke li li komunghulo wefuta. Ova lya, va nwa ndele va hafa. 21 Ndele Salomo okwa pangela oilongo aishe okudja komulonga waEufrat fiyo okedu lOvafilisti nookongaba yaEgipiti. Ova eta eeshali ndele va longela Salomo, fimbo ye a kala nomwenyo.
22 Neendja daSalomo defiku keshe: Oufila utoka eelita omayovi atano, ndele oufila umwe eelita omayovi omulongo. 23 Eengobe omulongo da ondolwa neengobe omilongo mbali domoulifilo, needi efele limwe. Eefine neemenye noipuluvi neembaka da ondolwa. 24 Osheshi ye okwa li ha pangele oilongo aishe ya li kombinga ei yomulonga waEufrat, okudja kuTifsak fiyo okuGasa, eehamba adishe da li kouninginino waEufrat, nokwa li e nombili keembinga adishe. 25 Onghee hano Ovajuda nOvaisraeli va kala nawa, vehe na mbudi. Keshe umwe a kala pomuviinyu waye nopomukwiyu waye, okudja kuDan fiyo okuBerseba, omafiku aeshe aSalomo.
26 Navali, Salomo okwa li e noyuunda yeenghambe daye domatemba omayovi omilongo nhee, neenghambe omayovi omulongo naavali dokulonda.
27 Nomalenga, keshe limwe mohani yalo la kalela ohamba Salomo naashishe shomoshililo shohamba Salomo noshisho. Enya a tala paha kale nande shimwe sha pumba. 28 Nosho a eta oilya nomwiidi weenghambe dokushila omatemba neenghambe dokulondwa, heeno, keshe limwe la eta palufo lalo konhele oko ohamba ya kala.
Eendunge daSalomo
29 Ndele Kalunga okwa pa Salomo nounongo neendunge dihapu nomayele mahapu e fike peheke lopefuta, 30 onghee ounongo waSalomo wa li unene u dule ounongo wovanhu aveshe vokoushilo nounongo aushe womuEgipiti. 31 Heeno, ye okwa li e nounongo u dule ounongo wovanhu aveshe ngaashi Etan, Omuesrahi, naHeman naKalkol naDarda, ovana ovamati vaMahol, onghee hano ye okwa li a tumbalekwa mokati koiwana aishe yomoushiinda. 32 Ndele ye okwa tota omayeletumbulo omayovi atatu nomaimbilo aye oku li eyovi limwe naatano. 33 Nokwa tonga yo omiti okudja komuti wasederi wokuLibanon fiyo okuisopi, tai mene mekuma. Nokwa tonga yo oinamwenyo needila noyaalangati noikwameva. 34 Novanhu vomoiwana aishe ve uya okupwilikina ounongo waSalomo, neehamba adishe domounyuni do da uda ounongo waye.
