2 Chronicles 1
English Standard Version
Solomon Worships at Gibeon
1 (A)Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, (B)and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the (C)commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. 3 And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to (D)the high place that was at Gibeon, (E)for (F)the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. 4 (G)(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) 5 Moreover, (H)the bronze altar that (I)Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly (J)sought it[a] out. 6 And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, (K)and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
Solomon Prays for Wisdom
7 (L)In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” 8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, (M)and have made me king in his place. 9 O Lord God, (N)let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous (O)as the dust of the earth. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to (P)go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” 11 God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for (Q)possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you (R)riches, possessions, and honor, (S)such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.” 13 So Solomon came from[b] the (T)high place at Gibeon, from before (U)the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.
Solomon Given Wealth
14 (V)Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. (W)He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed (X)in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 16 And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. 17 They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels[c] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 Or him
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew to
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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Ketab El Hayat
سليمان يطلب حكمة
1 وَأَمْسَكَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بِزِمَامِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ بِكُلِّ حَزْمٍ وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ مَعَهُ، وَأَضْفَى عَلَيْهِ عَظَمَةً بَالِغَةً. 2 وَخَاطَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ الأُلُوفِ وَالْمِئَاتِ وَالْقُضَاةَ وَكُلَّ رَئِيسٍ مِنْ رُؤُوسِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 3 طَالِباً إِلَيْهِمْ مُرَافَقَتَهُ إِلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ الَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ حَيْثُ نُصِبَتْ خَيْمَةُ الاجْتِمَاعِ، خَيْمَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. 4 أَمَّا تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ فَقَدْ أَصْعَدَهُ دَاوُدُ مِنْ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ الَّتِي هَيَّأَهَا لَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. 5 غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ بَصَلْئِيلُ بْنُ أُورِي بْنِ حُورَ، كَانَ قَائِماً أَمَامَ مَسْكَنِ الرَّبِّ، فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ سُلَيْمَانُ وَمُرَافِقُوهُ لِيُقَرِّبُوا عَلَيْهِ. 6 وَأَصْعَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.
7 فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ ظَهَرَ الرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» 8 فَأَجَابَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «لَقَدْ أَسْدَيْتَ إِلَى أَبِي إِحْسَاناً عَظِيماً وَجَعَلْتَنِي مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لَهُ. 9 فَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ لِيَتِمَّ وَعْدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ بِهِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، لأَنَّكَ وَلَّيْتَنِي حُكْمَ شَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ كَتُرَابِ الأَرْضِ. 10 فَهَبْنِي حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً لأَقُودَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ شَعْبَكَ الْعَظِيمَ هَذَا؟» 11 فَقَالَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ قَدْ عَزَمْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ عَلَى طَلَبِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ، وَلَمْ تَنْشُدْ غِنىً، وَلا أَمْوَالاً، وَلا عَظَمَةً، وَلا الانْتِقَامَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَلَمْ تَطْلُبْ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً لِتَحْكُمَ بِهِمَا شَعْبِي الَّذِي مَلَّكْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ، 12 فَإِنَّنِي أَهَبُكَ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً، وَأُنْعِمُ عَلَيْكَ بِالْغِنَى وَالْمَالِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، بِحَيْثُ لَا يُضَاهِيكَ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ السَّابِقِينَ وَلا اللَّاحِقِينَ».
13 ثُمَّ رَجَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ مُرْتَفَعَةِ جِبْعُونَ مِنْ أَمَامِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمَلَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. 14 وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ قُوَّةً تَتَأَلَّفُ مِنْ أَلْفٍ وَأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، وَزَّعَهَا عَلَى مُدُنِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَأَبْقَى بَعْضاً مِنْهَا مَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. 15 وَلِفَرْطِ مَا تَوَافَرَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، جَعَلَ الْمَلِكُ قِيمَتَهَا كَقِيمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَأَصْبَحَ خَشَبُ الأَرْزِ فِي قِيمَةِ خَشَبِ الْجُمَّيْزِ الَّذِي فِي الْحَقْلِ لِكَثْرَتِهِ. 16 وَقَدِ اسْتُوْرِدَتْ خُيُولُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَمِنْ كُوِي، فَكَانَ تُجَّارُ الْمَلِكِ يَشْتَرُونَهَا مِنْ كُوِي. 17 وَكَذَلِكَ الْمَرْكَبَاتُ؛ وَكَانُوا يَدْفَعُونَ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنَ الْفِّضَّةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَمِئَةً وَخَمْسِينَ عَنْ كُلِّ فَرَسٍ (نَحْوَ كِيلُو جِرَامَيْنِ)، وَكَانُوا يُصَدِّرُونَهَا أَيْضاً لِجَمِيعِ مُلُوكِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالآرَامِيِّينَ.
2 Chronik 1
Hoffnung für Alle
König Salomos Regierungszeit und der Bau des Tempels (Kapitel 1–9)
König Salomo bittet um Weisheit (1. Könige 3,4‒15)
1 Salomo, Davids Sohn, wurde ein bedeutender König. Der Herr, sein Gott, stand ihm bei und ließ seine Macht immer größer werden.
2 Eines Tages rief Salomo die führenden Männer Israels zu sich: die Hauptleute und Offiziere, die Richter, die Stammes- und Sippenoberhäupter. 3 Er ging mit ihnen zu der Opferstätte nach Gibeon, wo das heilige Zelt stand. Mose, der Diener des Herrn, hatte es einst in der Wüste errichtet, damit das Volk dort Gott begegnen konnte. 4 Die Bundeslade hatte David bereits von Kirjat-Jearim nach Jerusalem geholt und sie in ein Zelt gestellt, das er dort für sie errichtet hatte. 5 Der bronzene Altar aber, den Bezalel, der Sohn von Uri und Enkel von Hur, gebaut hatte, stand in Gibeon vor dem Zelt des Herrn. Dort versammelten sich Salomo und die Israeliten. 6 Dann ließ der König auf dem bronzenen Altar tausend Tiere als Brandopfer verbrennen.
7 In der Nacht darauf erschien ihm Gott und sprach zu ihm: »Erbitte von mir, was du willst!« 8 Salomo antwortete: »Schon meinem Vater David hast du sehr viel Gutes getan. Und nun hast du mich zu seinem Nachfolger gemacht. 9 Du lässt mich ein Volk regieren, das so unzählbar ist wie der Staub auf der Erde. Herr, mein Gott, so bitte ich dich nun, dass du die Zusage erfüllst, die du meinem Vater David gegeben hast! 10 Gib mir Weisheit und Verständnis, damit ich dieses Volk richtig führen kann. Denn wie könnte ich sonst ein so großes Volk gerecht regieren?«
11 Da sagte Gott zu Salomo: »Ich freue mich, dass du dir nicht großen Besitz, Geld oder Ansehen gewünscht hast, auch nicht den Tod deiner Feinde oder ein langes Leben. Du hast mich um Weisheit und Verständnis gebeten, weil du mein Volk richtig führen willst, über das ich dich zum König eingesetzt habe. 12 Du sollst bekommen, worum du mich gebeten hast: Weisheit und Verständnis. Aber ich will dir auch so viel Besitz, Geld und Ansehen geben, wie es kein König vor dir hatte und auch keiner nach dir haben wird.«
13 Am nächsten Tag verließ Salomo die Opferstätte in Gibeon, wo das heilige Zelt stand. Er kehrte nach Jerusalem zurück und regierte von dort aus über sein Volk.
Salomos Reichtum und Ansehen (1. Könige 10,26‒29)
14 Salomo besaß 1400 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. 15 Silber und Gold waren 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. 16 Salomo kaufte seine Pferde in Ägypten und in Zilizien[a], wo seine Händler sie abholten und gleich bezahlten. 17 Auch Streitwagen kaufte Salomo in Ägypten. Für einen Wagen bezahlte er 600 Silberstücke, für ein Pferd 150 Silberstücke. Seine Händler belieferten auch die Könige der Hetiter und der Syrer.
Die ersten Vorbereitungen für den Tempelbau (1. Könige 5,15‒32)
18 Salomo beschloss, einen Tempel für den Herrn und einen Königspalast zu bauen.
Footnotes
- 1,16 Wörtlich: Kuë. – Vermutlich ein Ort in Zilizien (der heutigen Türkei).
2 Chronicles 1
New International Version
Solomon Asks for Wisdom(A)(B)
1 Solomon son of David established(C) himself firmly over his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with(D) him and made him exceedingly great.(E)
2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel(F)—to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families— 3 and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon,(G) for God’s tent of meeting(H) was there, which Moses(I) the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness. 4 Now David had brought up the ark(J) of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent(K) for it in Jerusalem. 5 But the bronze altar(L) that Bezalel(M) son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the Lord; so Solomon and the assembly inquired(N) of him there. 6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
7 That night God appeared(O) to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”
8 Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me(P) king in his place. 9 Now, Lord God, let your promise(Q) to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.(R) 10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead(S) this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
11 God said to Solomon, “Since this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked for wealth,(T) possessions or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, possessions and honor,(U) such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have.(V)”
13 Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting. And he reigned over Israel.
14 Solomon accumulated chariots(W) and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,[a] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold(X) as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 16 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[b]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 17 They imported a chariot(Y) from Egypt for six hundred shekels[c] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[d] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 Or charioteers
- 2 Chronicles 1:16 Probably Cilicia
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms
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