2 Chronik 9
Hoffnung für Alle
Die Königin von Saba besucht Salomo (1. Könige 10,1‒13)
9 Die Königin von Saba hatte schon viel von Salomo gehört. Deshalb beschloss sie, diesen König zu besuchen und sich mit schwierigen Rätseln selbst von seiner Weisheit zu überzeugen. Mit großem Gefolge reiste sie nach Jerusalem. Die Kamele ihrer Karawane waren schwer beladen mit wohlriechenden Ölen, mit Gold und mit kostbaren Edelsteinen.
Als die Königin vor Salomo stand, stellte sie ihm die Rätsel, die sie sich ausgedacht hatte. 2 Salomo konnte ihr alle Fragen beantworten und blieb ihr selbst bei den schwierigsten Rätseln die Antwort nicht schuldig. 3 Die Königin von Saba war tief beeindruckt von Salomos Wissen und von seinem Palast. 4 Sie sah, welche ausgefallenen Speisen und Getränke auf der königlichen Tafel standen und wie weise die Plätze der königlichen Beamten angeordnet waren. Sie staunte über die gute Bedienung bei Tisch und die kostbaren Gewänder der Diener und Mundschenken. Und als sie miterlebte, wie Salomo im Tempel ein Brandopfer darbringen ließ, da verschlug es ihr vollends den Atem.
5 »Es ist tatsächlich alles wahr, was man in meinem Reich von deinen Taten und deiner Weisheit berichtet!«, sagte sie zu Salomo. 6 »Ich konnte es einfach nicht glauben. Darum bin ich hierhergekommen, ich wollte mich mit eigenen Augen davon überzeugen. Und nun sehe ich: Man hat mir nicht einmal die Hälfte gesagt! Dein Wissen übertrifft alles, was ich je über dich gehört habe. 7 Wie gut haben es deine Beamten, und wie glücklich sind deine Bediensteten zu schätzen, die ständig in deiner Nähe sind und deinen weisen Worten zuhören können! 8 Ich preise den Herrn, deinen Gott, der dich erwählt und dir die Herrschaft über Israel gegeben hat, damit du in seinem Auftrag regierst! Gott liebt sein Volk und will, dass es nie untergeht, darum hat er dich zum König gemacht. Du sollst dem Recht zum Sieg verhelfen und als ein gerechter König regieren.«
9 Dann schenkte sie Salomo über vier Tonnen Gold sowie eine Menge wohlriechender Öle und kostbarer Edelsteine. Nie wieder wurde jemals so viel duftendes Öl nach Israel gebracht wie durch die Königin von Saba.
10 Hirams und Salomos Männer holten nicht nur Gold von Ofir nach Israel, sondern auch Edelholz und wertvolle Edelsteine. 11 So kostbares Holz hatte man vorher in Juda noch nie gesehen. Der König ließ aus diesem Holz Treppen für den Tempel des Herrn und für seinen eigenen Palast anfertigen. Man baute daraus auch Harfen und Lauten für die Sänger.
12 Salomo erfüllte der Königin von Saba jede Bitte und schenkte ihr mehr, als sie ihm gebracht hatte. Danach reiste sie mit ihrem Gefolge in ihre Heimat zurück.
Salomos Reichtum und Ansehen (1. Könige 10,14‒29)
13 In einem einzigen Jahr gingen bei Salomo fast 24 Tonnen Gold ein. 14 Dazu kamen die Steuern der Händler und Kaufleute und die Abgaben der arabischen Könige und der Bezirksverwalter. Sie bezahlten Salomo mit Silber und Gold.
15-16 Salomo ließ 200 Langschilde und 300 kleine Rundschilde herstellen und sie mit gehämmertem Gold überziehen. Für einen Langschild brauchte man rund 7 Kilogramm Gold, für einen Rundschild etwa 3,5 Kilogramm. Salomo bewahrte sie im Libanonwaldhaus auf.
17 Außerdem ließ er sich einen großen Königsthron anfertigen, der mit Elfenbeinornamenten verziert und mit reinem Gold überzogen war. 18-19 Am Thronsessel war ein goldener Fußschemel befestigt; neben jeder Armlehne stand eine Löwenfigur. Auch auf allen sechs Stufen, die zum Sessel hinaufführten, stand rechts und links jeweils ein Löwe. In keinem anderen Land hat sich jemals ein König einen so prunkvollen Thron anfertigen lassen.
20 Alle Trinkgefäße Salomos waren aus Gold, und die Gegenstände im Libanonwaldhaus waren sogar alle aus reinem Gold. Silber war zu Salomos Zeiten geradezu wertlos. 21 Die Handelsflotte[a] des Königs lief zusammen mit Hirams Schiffen aus. Alle drei Jahre kehrten sie zurück, schwer beladen mit Gold, Silber und Elfenbein, mit Affen und Pfauen.
22 Salomo übertraf alle Könige der Erde an Reichtum und Weisheit. 23 Könige aus aller Welt kamen zu ihm, um etwas von der Weisheit zu hören, die Gott ihm gegeben hatte. 24 Alle brachten ihm Geschenke mit: silberne und goldene Gefäße, kostbare Gewänder, Waffen, duftende Öle, Pferde und Maultiere. So ging es Jahr für Jahr.
25 Salomo besaß 4000 Stallplätze für die Pferde seiner Streitwagen und 12.000 Pferde. Teils brachte er sie in den Städten unter, die er eigens dafür gebaut hatte, teils am königlichen Hof in Jerusalem. 26 Salomo herrschte über alle Königreiche vom Euphrat über das Gebiet der Philister bis an die Grenze nach Ägypten. 27 Silber war zu seiner Zeit in Jerusalem so gewöhnlich wie Steine, und das kostbare Zedernholz gab es in so großen Mengen wie das Holz der Maulbeerfeigenbäume im jüdischen Hügelland. 28 Seine Pferde kaufte Salomo in Ägypten und in vielen anderen Ländern.
Salomos Tod (1. Könige 11,41‒43)
29 Alles Weitere über Salomos Leben steht in der Chronik des Propheten Nathan, in den Weissagungen von Ahija aus Silo und in den Schriften über die Visionen des Sehers Jedo, die Jerobeam, dem Sohn von Nebat, galten.
30 Salomo regierte 40 Jahre in Jerusalem als König über ganz Israel. 31 Als er starb, wurde er dort in der »Stadt Davids« begraben. Sein Sohn Rehabeam wurde sein Nachfolger.
Footnotes
- 9,21 Wörtlich: Tarsis-Schiffe. – So wurden große Handelsschiffe bezeichnet, die in der Lage waren, die weite Strecke bis nach Tarsis (im heutigen Spanien) zu segeln.
2 Chronicles 9
New King James Version
The Queen of Sheba’s Praise of Solomon(A)
9 Now (B)when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 2 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for Solomon that he could not explain it to her. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 4 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his (C)cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
5 Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 6 However I did not believe their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You exceed the fame of which I heard. 7 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has (D)loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
9 And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, (E)who brought gold from Ophir, brought [a]algum wood and precious stones. 11 And the king made walkways of the [b]algum wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.
12 Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
Solomon’s Great Wealth(F)
13 (G)The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14 besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; [c]three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the (H)House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; there were [d]armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 19 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.
20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king’s ships went to (I)Tarshish with the servants of [e]Hiram. Once every three years the [f]merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and [g]monkeys.
22 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 24 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, (J)armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
25 Solomon (K)had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 (L)So he reigned over all the kings (M)from [h]the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 27 (N)The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees (O)as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland. 28 (P)And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
Death of Solomon(Q)
29 (R)Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of (S)Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of (T)Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 (U)Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then Solomon [i]rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 almug, 1 Kin. 10:11, 12
- 2 Chronicles 9:11 almug, 1 Kin. 10:11, 12
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 three minas, 1 Kin. 10:17
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 Lit. hands
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Heb. Huram; cf. 1 Kin. 10:22
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Lit. ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or peacocks
- 2 Chronicles 9:26 The Euphrates
- 2 Chronicles 9:31 Died and joined his ancestors
2 Chronicles 9
New International Version
The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(A)
9 When the queen of Sheba(B) heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind. 2 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. 3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon,(C) as well as the palace he had built, 4 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.
5 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. 6 But I did not believe what they said until I came(D) and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. 7 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne(E) as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king(F) over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”
9 Then she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold,(G) large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 (The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir;(H) they also brought algumwood[c] and precious stones. 11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
Solomon’s Splendor(I)
13 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[d] 14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia(J) and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[e] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields(K) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[f] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.(L)
17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory(M) and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 20 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day. 21 The king had a fleet of trading ships[g] manned by Hiram’s[h] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.(N) 23 All the kings(O) of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift(P)—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots,(Q) and twelve thousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled(R) over all the kings from the Euphrates River(S) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(T) 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.
Solomon’s Death(U)
29 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan(V) the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah(W) the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam(X) son of Nebat? 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David(Y) his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 9:4 Or and the ascent by which he went up to
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 Probably a variant of almugwood
- 2 Chronicles 9:13 That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 Or charioteers
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