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
Common English Bible
Solomon’s administration
4 King Solomon became king of all Israel.
2 These were his officials: the priest Azariah, Zadok’s son; 3 the scribes Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha; Jehoshaphat, the recorder, Ahilud’s son; 4 the general Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son; the priests Zadok and Abiathar; 5 Azariah, Nathan’s son, who was in charge of the officials; Zabud, Nathan’s son, a priest and royal friend; 6 Ahishar, who was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram, Abda’s son, who was supervisor of the work gangs.
7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel. They supplied the king and his palace with food. Each would provide the supplies for one month per year. 8 Here are their names:
Ben-hur in the highlands of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan;
10 Ben-hesed in Arubboth, who had Socoh and all the land of Hepher;
11 Ben-abinadab in all of Naphath-dor (Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, was his wife);
12 Baana, Ahilud’s son, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and over to the region opposite Jokmeam;
13 Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, who controlled the villages of Jair, Manasseh’s son, which were in Gilead, and who had the Argob region that was in Bashan—sixty large walled cities with bronze bars;
14 Ahinadab, Iddo’s son, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali, who also took Solomon’s daughter Basemath as his wife;
16 Baana, Hushai’s son, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Jehoshaphat, Paruah’s son, in
Issachar;
18 Shimei, Ela’s son, in Benjamin;
19 Geber, Uri’s son, in the land of Gilead, the land of the Amorite king Sihon and of King Og of Bashan;
and there was a single officer who was in the land of Judah.[a]
20 Judah and Israel grew numerous like the sand alongside the sea. They ate, drank, and celebrated.
21 [b] Solomon ruled over all the states from the Euphrates River through the Philistines’ land and as far as the border of Egypt. These areas brought tribute to Solomon and served him all the days of his life. 22 Solomon’s food requirements for a single day included thirty kors[c] of refined flour; sixty kors of flour; 23 ten head of grain-fattened cattle; twenty head of pastured cattle; one hundred sheep; as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and the best of fowl. 24 He ruled over all the lands west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all sides. 25 The people of Judah and Israel from Dan all the way to Beer-sheba lived securely under their vines and fig trees throughout the days of Solomon.
26 Solomon had forty thousand horse stalls for his chariots and twelve thousand additional horses. 27 The officials provided King Solomon and all who joined him at the royal table with monthly food rations. They left out nothing. 28 Each brought their share of barley and straw for the horses and for the chariot horses, bringing it to its proper place. 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding—insight as long as the seashore itself. 30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than all the famous Easterners, greater even than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than anyone, more wise than Ethan the Ezrahite or Mahol’s sons: Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His reputation was known throughout the region. 32 Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs and one thousand five songs. 33 He described the botany of trees, whether the cedar in Lebanon or the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He also described cattle, birds, anything that crawls on the ground, and fish. 34 People came from everywhere to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; even the earth’s kings who had heard about his wisdom came!
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 4:19 LXX; MT lacks of Judah.
- 1 Kings 4:21 5:1 in Heb
- 1 Kings 4:22 One kor is possibly equal to fifty gallons.
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