列王紀上 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
所羅門的臣僕
4 所羅門統治以色列， 2 以下是他的眾臣僕：撒督的兒子亞撒利雅做祭司； 3 示沙的兒子以利何烈和亞希亞做書記；亞希律的兒子約沙法做史官； 4 耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅做元帥；撒督和亞比亞他做祭司長； 5 拿單的兒子亞撒利雅掌管吏部；拿單的兒子撒布得祭司做所羅門王的顧問； 6 亞希煞總管宮廷事務；亞比大的兒子亞多尼蘭總管做勞役的。
7 所羅門在以色列全國設立了十二個地方官，負責供給王及王室的需用，每年每人負責一個月。 8 這十二個地方官是：便·戶珥，負責以法蓮山區； 9 便·底甲，負責瑪迦斯、沙賓、伯·示麥、以倫·伯·哈南； 10 便·希悉，負責亞魯泊，包括梭哥和希弗全境； 11 所羅門女兒她法的丈夫便·亞比拿達，負責多珥高原； 12 亞希律的兒子巴拿，負責他納和米吉多，靠近撒拉他拿、耶斯列下邊的伯·善全境，以及從伯·善到亞伯·米何拉，遠至約念； 13 便·基別，負責基列的拉末和瑪拿西子孫雅珥在基列的城邑，以及巴珊的亞珥歌伯地區有城牆和銅閂的大城六十座； 14 易多的兒子亞希拿達，負責瑪哈念； 15 所羅門的另一個女兒巴實抹的丈夫亞希瑪斯，負責拿弗他利； 16 戶篩的兒子巴拿，負責亞設和亞祿； 17 帕路亞的兒子約沙法，負責以薩迦； 18 以拉的兒子示每，負責便雅憫； 19 烏利的兒子基別，獨自負責從前屬亞摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩的基列地區。
所羅門的財富和智慧
20 猶大人和以色列人多如海沙，豐衣足食，生活幸福。 21 所羅門統管列國，從幼發拉底河至非利士，直到埃及邊界。所羅門在世的日子，列國都年年進貢稱臣。
22 王室每天用三千公斤細麵粉、六千公斤粗麵粉、 23 十頭肥牛、二十頭草場的牛、一百隻羊，此外還有鹿、羚羊、麅子及肥禽。 24 所羅門統治幼發拉底河西面所有的國家，從提弗薩直到迦薩，四境安寧。 25 所羅門在世的時候，從但到別示巴的猶大人和以色列人都在自己的葡萄樹和無花果樹下安居。
26 所羅門有四萬匹拉戰車的馬，一萬二千名騎兵。 27 十二個地方官按月供給所羅門王及王室的需用，使他們一無所缺。 28 他們也各按其份提供餵馬用的大麥和乾草。
29 上帝賜予所羅門無比的智慧、悟性和淵博的學識。 30 他的智慧高過東方人和埃及人的一切智慧， 31 無人能比，勝過以斯拉人以探和瑪曷的兒子希幔、甲各、達大的智慧。他名揚四周列國。 32 所羅門寫下箴言三千句，作詩歌一千零五首。 33 他對飛禽走獸、草木魚蟲，從黎巴嫩的香柏樹到長在牆上的牛膝草，都無所不知。 34 天下列王風聞所羅門的智慧，都紛紛遣使來求教。
1 Kings 4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Solomon’s Officials
4 King Solomon reigned over all Israel,(A) 2 and these were his officials:(B)
Azariah son of Zadok, priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, secretaries;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, court historian;
4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army;
Zadok and Abiathar, priests;
5 Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the district governors;
Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;
6 Ahishar, in charge of the palace;
and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labour.
7 Solomon had twelve district governors for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.(C) 8 These were their names:
Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (he had Socoh and the whole land of Hepher);
11 Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);
12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair 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);
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon – Basemath);
16 Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of King Sihon of the Amorites and of King Og of Bashan.
There was one district governor in the land of Judah.[a]
Solomon’s Provisions
20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;(D) they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing. 21 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.(E) They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.(F)
22 Solomon’s provisions for one day were 6,600 litres[b] of fine flour and 13,200 litres[c] of meal, 23 ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, and a hundred sheep and goats, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,[d](G) 24 for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders. 25 Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,(H) each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.(I) 26 Solomon had forty thousand[e] stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.(J) 27 Each of those district governors for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing. 28 Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses(K) to the required place according to his assignment.[f]
Solomon’s Wisdom and Literary Gifts
29 God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding(L) as vast as the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,(M) greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.(N) 31 He was wiser than anyone(O) – wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite,(P) and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol.(Q) His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.(R)
32 Solomon spoke 3,000 proverbs,(S) and his songs numbered 1,005.(T) 33 He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also spoke about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. 34 Emissaries of all peoples, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.(U)
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