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1 Salomón, hijo de David, fortaleció su dominio sobre el reino, y el Señor Dios estuvo con él y lo hizo sumamente poderoso.
David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
2 Salomón mandó llamar a todos los jefes israelitas, a los comandantes de millares y de centenas, a los jueces y a todos los jefes de familia.
[When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
3 Salomón se dirigió con toda la asamblea al lugar alto de Gabaón, pues allí se encontraba la Tienda del Encuentro de Dios que Moisés, el siervo del Señor, había hecho en el desierto.
4 David había subido el Arca de Dios desde Quiriat-jearim hasta el lugar de Jerusalén, donde había levantado una tienda para ella.
5 Sin embargo, el altar de bronce hecho por Bezalel, hijo de Uri, hijo de Hur, estaba allí frente a la Tienda del Señor, por lo que allí fue Salomón y la asamblea a adorar.
6 Salomón subió al altar de bronce ante el Señor, frente a la Tienda del Encuentro. Allí presentó mil holocaustos.
Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
7 Esa noche Dios se le apareció a Salomón y le dijo: “Pide lo que quieras que te dé”.
That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
8 Salomón respondió a Dios: “Tú mostraste un amor confiable y sin límites a mi padre David, y me has hecho rey en su lugar.
Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
9 Señor Dios, por favor, cumple la promesa que le hiciste a mi padre David. Me has hecho rey de una nación que tiene tanta gente como el polvo de la tierra.
So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
10 Por favor, dame sabiduría y conocimiento para dirigir a este pueblo, pues ¿quién puede gobernar con justicia este gran pueblo tuyo”.
Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
11 Dios le dijo a Salomón: “Porque esto es lo que realmente querías, y no pediste riquezas, posesiones u honores, ni la muerte de los que te odian, ni una larga vida, sino que pediste sabiduría y conocimiento para poder gobernar con justicia a mi pueblo del que te he hecho rey;
God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
12 la sabiduría y el conocimiento te son dados. También te daré riquezas, posesiones y honor, mucho más de lo que ha tenido cualquier rey que te haya precedido, o que venga después de ti”.
Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
13 Entonces Salomón regresó a Jerusalén desde la Tienda del Encuentro en Gabaón, y gobernó sobre Israel.
Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
14 Salomón construyó un ejército de carros y caballos. Tenía 1.400 carros y 12.000 caballos, que colocó en las ciudades de los carros, y también con él en Jerusalén.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
15 El rey hizo que en Jerusalén abundaran la plata y el oro como las piedras, y la madera de cedro como los sicómoros en las estribaciones.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
16 Salomón importó para sí caballos de Egipto y de Koa; los comerciantes del rey los compraban en Koa.
Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
17 Se podía importar un carro de Egipto por seiscientos siclos de plata, y un caballo por ciento cincuenta. De la misma manera los exportaban a todos los reyes hititas y a los reyes arameos.
In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
