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1 Salomón, hijo de David, estaba firmemente establecido en su reino, y Yahvé su Dios estaba con él, y lo hizo sumamente grande.
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 habló a todo Israel, a los capitanes de millares y de centenas, a los jueces y a todos los príncipes de todo Israel, a 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 Entonces Salomón, y toda la asamblea con él, se dirigió al lugar alto que estaba en Gabaón, porque allí estaba la Tienda de Reunión de Dios, que Moisés, siervo de Yahvé, había hecho en el desierto.
4 Pero David había hecho subir el Arca de Dios desde Quiriat Jearim al lugar que David había preparado para ella, pues le había montado una tienda en Jerusalén.
5 Además, el altar de bronce que había hecho Bezalel, hijo de Uri, hijo de Hur, estaba allí delante del tabernáculo de Yahvé, y Salomón y la asamblea estaban buscando consejo allí.
6 Salomón subió allí al altar de bronce que estaba delante de Yahvé, en la Tienda del Encuentro, y ofreció sobre él 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 dijo a Dios: “Has mostrado una gran bondad amorosa con David mi padre, 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 Ahora, Yahvé Dios, haz que se cumpla tu promesa a David mi padre, pues me has hecho rey de un pueblo como el polvo de la tierra en multitud.
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 Ahora dame sabiduría y conocimiento, para que pueda salir y entrar ante este pueblo; porque ¿quién podrá juzgar a 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 dijo a Salomón: “Porque esto estaba en tu corazón, y no has pedido riquezas, ni riquezas, ni honores, ni la vida de los que te odian, ni tampoco has pedido larga vida; sino que has pedido sabiduría y conocimiento para ti, para juzgar a mi pueblo, sobre el cual 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 por lo tanto, la sabiduría y el conocimiento te son concedidos. Te daré riquezas, riqueza y honor, como no lo ha tenido ninguno de los reyes que han sido antes de ti, ni lo tendrá ninguno 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 Salomón vino desde el lugar alto que estaba en Gabaón, delante de la Tienda de las Reuniones, a Jerusalén, y reinó 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 reunió carros y jinetes. Tenía mil cuatrocientos carros y doce mil jinetes que colocó en las ciudades de los carros, y con el rey 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 la plata y el oro fueran tan comunes como las piedras en Jerusalén, e hizo que los cedros fueran tan comunes como los sicómoros que hay en la llanura.
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 Los caballos que tenía Salomón fueron traídos de Egipto y de Kue. Los mercaderes del rey los compraron de Kue.
Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
17 Importaron de Egipto y luego exportaron un carro por seiscientas piezas de plata y un caballo por ciento cincuenta. También los exportaron a los reyes hititas y a los reyes sirios.
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.
