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1 Kong Salomo var Konge over hele Israel.
And he was the king Solomon king over all Israel.
2 Hans øverste Embedsmænd var følgende: Azarja, Zadoks Søn, var Ypperstepræst;
And these [were] the officials who [belonged] to him Azariah [the] son of Zadok [was] the priest.
3 Elihoref og Ahija, Sjisjas Sønner, var Statsskrivere; Josjafat, Ahiluds Søn, var Kansler;
Elihoreph and Ahijah [the] sons of Shisha [were] scribes Jehoshaphat [the] son of Ahilud [was] the recorder.
4 Benaja, Jojadas Søn, stod i Spidsen for Hæren; Zadok og Ebjatar var Præster;
And Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada [was] over the army and Zadok and Abiathar [were] priests.
5 Azarja, Natans Søn, var Overfoged; Præsten Zabud, Natans Søn, var Kongens Ven;
And Azariah [the] son of Nathan [was] over the overseers and Zabud [the] son of Nathan [was] a priest [the] friend of the king.
6 Ahisjar var Slotshøvedsmand; Adoniram, Abdas Søn, havde Tilsyn med Hoveriarbejdet.
And Ahishar [was] over the house and Adoniram [the] son of Abda [was] over the forced labor.
7 Fremdeles havde Salomo tolv Fogeder over hele Israel, som skulde sørge for Kongens og Hoffets Underhold, hver af dem en Maaned om Aaret.
And [belonged] to Solomon two [plus] ten overseers over all Israel and they supplied the king and household his a month in the year it was on (the one *Q(K)*) to supply.
8 Deres Navne var: Hurs Søn i Efraims Bjerge;
And these [are] names their Ben-Hur in [the] hill country of Ephraim.
9 Dekers Søn i Makaz-Sja'albim, Bet-Sjemesj og Elon indtil Bet-Hanan;
Ben-Deker in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Beth Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan.
10 Heseds Søn i Arubbot; han havde Soko og hele Hefers Land;
Ben-Hesed in Arubboth [belonged] to him Socoh and all [the] land of Hepher.
11 Abinadabs Søn havde hele Dors Højland; han var gift med Salomos Datter Tafat;
Ben-Abinadab all Naphath of Dor Taphath [the] daughter of Solomon she became of him a wife.
12 Ba'ana, Ahiluds Søn, havde Ta'anak, Megiddo og hele Bet-Sjean op til Zaretan, neden for Jizre'el fra Bet-Sjean til Abel-Mehola ud over Jokmeam;
Baana [the] son of Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth Shean which [is] beside Zarethan from under to Jezreel from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah to from [the] other side of Jokmeam.
13 Gebers Søn i Ramot i Gilead; han havde Manasses Søn Ja'irs Teltbyer i Gilead, og han havde Argoblandet i Basan, tresindstyve store Byer med Mure og Kobberportstænger;
Ben-Geber in Ramoth Gilead [belonged] to him [the] villages of Jair [the] son of Manasseh which [are] in Gilead [belonged] to him [the] region of Argob which [is] in Bashan sixty cities large a wall and bar[s] of bronze.
14 Ahinadab, Iddos Søn, havde Mahanajim;
Ahinadab [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.
15 Ahima'az i Naftali; han var ligeledes gift med en Datter af Salomo, Basemat;
Ahimaaz in Naphtali also he he took Basemath [the] daughter of Solomon to a wife.
16 Ba'ana, Husjajs Søn, i Aser og Bealot;
Baana [the] son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth.
17 Josjafat, Paruas Søn, i Issakar;
Jehoshaphat [the] son of Paruah in Issachar.
18 Sjim'i, Elas Søn, i Benjamin;
Shimei [the] son of Ela in Benjamin.
19 Geber, Uris Søn, i Gads Land, det Land, der havde tilhørt Amoriterkongen Sihon og Kong Og af Basan; der var kun een Foged i det Land.
Geber [the] son of Uri in [the] land of Gilead [the] land of Sihon - [the] king of the Amorite[s] and Og [the] king of Bashan and an overseer one who [was] in the land.
20 Juda og Israel var talrige, saa talrige som Sandet ved Havet, og de spiste og drak og var glade.
Judah and Israel [were] numerous like the sand which [is] at the sea for multitude [they were] eating and [were] drinking and [were] joyful.
21 Og Salomo herskede over alle Rigerne fra Floden til Filisternes Land og Ægyptens Grænse og de bragte Gaver og tjente Salomo, saa længe han levede.
And Solomon he was ruling over all the kingdoms from the River [the] land of [the] Philistines and to [the] border of Egypt [they were] bringing tribute and [were] serving Solomon all [the] days of life his.
22 Salomos daglige Behov af Levnedsmidler var tredive Kor fint Hvedemel og tresindstyve Kor almindeligt Mel,
And it was [the] food of Solomon for a day one thirty cor[s] of fine flour and sixty cor[s] of flour.
23 ti Stykker Fedekvæg, tyve Stykker Græskvæg og hundrede Stykker Smaakvæg foruden Hjorte, Gazeller, Antiloper og fede Gæs.
Ten cattle fat and twenty cattle pasture and one hundred sheep apart from deer and gazelle and roe-deer and birds fattened.
24 Thi han herskede over hele Landet hinsides Floden, fra Tifsa til Gaza, over alle Kongerne hinsides Floden, og han havde Fred rundt om til alle Sider;
For he [was] ruling - over all [the] other side of the River from Tiphsah and to Gaza over all [the] kings of [the] other side of the River and peace it belonged to him from all sides his from round about.
25 og Juda og Israel boede trygt, saa længe Salomo levede, hver Mand under sin Vinstok og sit Figentræ, fra Dan til Be'ersjeba.
And it dwelt Judah and Israel to security everyone under own vine his and under own fig tree his from Dan and to Beer Sheba all [the] days of Solomon.
26 Og Salomo havde 40 000 Spand Heste til sit Vognhold og 12 000 Ryttere.
And it belonged to Solomon forty thousand stalls of horses for chariotry his and two [plus] ten thousand horsemen.
27 Og de nævnte Fogeder sørgede for Underhold til Kong Salomo og alle, der havde Adgang til hans Bord, hver i sin Maaned, og de lod det ikke skorte paa noget;
And they supplied the overseers these the king Solomon and every [person] approaching to [the] table of the king Solomon each month his not they left lacking anything.
28 og Byggen og Straaet til Hestene og Forspandene bragte de til det Sted, hvor han var, efter som Turen kom til hver enkelt.
And the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steed[s] they brought to the place where it was there each according to measure his.
29 Gud skænkede Salomo Visdom og Kløgt i saare rigt Maal og en omfattende Forstand, som Sandet ved Havets Bred,
And he gave God wisdom to Solomon and understanding great very and breadth of heart like the sand which [is] on [the] shore of the sea.
30 saa at Salomos Visdom var større end alle Østerlændingenes og alle Ægypternes Visdom.
And it was great [the] wisdom of Solomon more than [the] wisdom of all [the] people of [the] east and more than all [the] wisdom of Egypt.
31 Han var visere end alle andre, ja visere end Ezraiten Etan og visere end Heman, Kalkol og Darda, Mahols Sønner, og hans Ry naaede ud til alle Folkeslag rundt om.
And he was wise more than any human more than Ethan the Ezrachite and Heman and Kalkol and Darda [the] sons of Mahol and it was name his among all the nations around.
32 Han fremsagde 3000 Tankesprog, og Tallet paa hans Sange var 1005.
And he spoke three thousand proverb[s] and it was song his five and one thousand.
33 Han talte om Træerne lige fra Cederen paa Libanon til Ysopen, der vokser frem af Muren; og han talte om Dyrene, Fuglene, Krybdyrene og Fiskene.
And he spoke on the trees from the cedar which [is] in Lebanon and to the hyssop which [is] coming out in the wall and he spoke on the animal[s] and on the bird[s] and on the creeping thing[s] and on the fish.
34 Fra alle Folkeslag kom man for at lytte til Salomos Visdom, fra alle Jordens Konger, der hørte om hans Visdom.
And people came from all the peoples to hear [the] wisdom of Solomon from with all [the] kings of the earth who they had heard wisdom his.

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