¹King Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹Kong Salomo var Konge over hele Israel

²These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

²Hans øverste Embedsmænd var følgende: Azarja, Zadoks Søn, var Ypperstepræst;

³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

³Elihoref og Ahija, Sjisjas Sønner, var Statsskrivere; Josjafat, Ahiluds Søn, var Kansler;

⁴and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

⁴Benaja, Jojadas Søn, stod i Spidsen for Hæren; Zadok og Ebjatar var Præster;

⁵and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

⁵Azarja, Natans Søn, var Overfoged; Præsten Zabud, Natans Søn, var Kongens Ven;

⁶and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

⁶Ahisjar var Slotshøvedsmand; Adoniram, Abdas Søn, havde Tilsyn med Hoveriarbejdet.

⁷Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

⁷Fremdeles havde Salomno tolv Fogeder over hele Israel, som skulde sørge for Kongens og Hoffets Underhold, hver af dem en Måned om Året.

⁸These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

⁸Deres Navne var: Hurs Søn i Efraims Bjerge;

⁹Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

⁹Dekers Søn i Makaz-Sja'albim, Bet-Sjemesj og Elon indtil Bet-Hanan;

¹⁰Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);

¹⁰Heseds Søn i Arubbot; han havde Soko og hele Hefers Land;

¹¹Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹¹Abinadabs Søn havde hele Dors Højland; han var gift med Salomos Datter Tafat;

¹²Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

¹²Ba'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;

¹³Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

¹³Gebers 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;

¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

¹⁴Ahinadab, Iddos Søn, havde Mahanajim;

¹⁵Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹⁵Ahima'az i Naftali; han var ligeledes gift med en Datter af Salomo, Basemat;

¹⁶Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

¹⁶Ba'ana, Husjajs Søn, i Aser og Bealot;

¹⁷Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷Josjafat, Paruas Søn, i Issakar;

¹⁸Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

¹⁸Sjim'i, Elas Søn, i Benjamin;

¹⁹Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.

¹⁹Geber, Uris Søn, i Gads Land, det Land, der havde tilhørt Amoriiterkongen Sihon og Kong Og af Basan; der var kun een Foged i det Land.

²⁰Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

²⁰Juda og Israel var talrige, så talrige som Sandet ved Havet, og de spiste og drak og var glade.

²¹Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

²¹Og Salomo herskede over alle Rigerne fra Floden til Filisternes Land og Ægyptens Grænse og de bragte Gaver og tjente Salomo, så længe han levede.

²²Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

²²Salomos daglige Bebov af Levnedsmidler var tredive Kor fint Hvedemel og tresindstyve Kor almindeligt Mel,

²³ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²³ti Stykker Fedekvæg, tyve Stykker Græskvæg og hundrede Stykker Småkvæg foruden Hjorte, Gazeller, Antiloper og fede Gæs.

²⁴For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

²⁴Thi han herskede over hele Landet hinsides Floden, fra Tifsa til Gaza, over alle Kongerne hinsides Floden, og han håvde Fred rundt om til alle Sider;

²⁵Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁵og Juda og Israel boede trygt, så længe Salomo levede, hver Mand under sin Vinstok og sit Figentræ, fra ban til Be'ersjeba.

²⁶Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

²⁶Og Salomo havde 40 000 Spand Heste til sit Vognhold og 12 000 Ryttere.

²⁷Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

²⁷Og de nævnte Fogeder sørgede for Underhold til Kong Salomo og alle, der havde Adgang til hans Bord, hver i sin Måned, og de lod det ikke skorte på noget;

²⁸Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.

²⁸og Byggen og Strået til Hestene og Forspandene bragte de til det Sted, hvor han var, efter som Turen kom til hver enkelt.

²⁹God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

²⁹Gud skænkede Salomo Visdom og Kløgt i såre rigt Mål og en omfattende Forstand, som Sandet ved Havets Bred,

³⁰Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³⁰så at Salomos Visdom var større end alle Østerlændingenes og alle Ægypternes Visdom.

³¹For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

³¹Han var visere end alle andre, ja visere end Ezraiten Etan og visere end Heman, Kalkol og Darda, Mabols Sønner, og hans Ry nåede ud til alle Folkeslag rundt om.

³²He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.

³²Han fremsagde 3000 Tanke sprog, og Tallet på hans Sange var 1 005"

³³He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

³³Han talte om Træerne lige fra Cederen på Libanon til Ysopen, der vokser frem af Muren; og han talte om Dyrene, Fuglene, Krybdyrene og Fiskene.

³⁴There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

³⁴Fra alle Folkeslag kom man for at lytte til Salomos Visdom, fra alle Jordens Konger, der hørte om hans Visdom.