| א וַיְהִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה, מֶלֶךְ עַל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל. {ס} | 1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel. {S} |
| ב וְאֵלֶּה הַשָּׂרִים, אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ: עֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן-צָדוֹק, הַכֹּהֵן. {ס} | 2 And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; {S} |
| ג אֱלִיחֹרֶף וַאֲחִיָּה בְּנֵי שִׁישָׁא, סֹפְרִים; {ס} יְהוֹשָׁפָט בֶּן-אֲחִילוּד, הַמַּזְכִּיר. {ס} | 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; {S} Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; {S} |
| ד וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶן-יְהוֹיָדָע, עַל-הַצָּבָא; {ס} וְצָדוֹק וְאֶבְיָתָר, כֹּהֲנִים. {ס} | 4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; {S} and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; {S} |
| ה וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן-נָתָן, עַל-הַנִּצָּבִים; {ס} וְזָבוּד בֶּן-נָתָן כֹּהֵן, רֵעֶה הַמֶּלֶךְ. {ס} | 5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; {S} and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend; {S} |
| ו וַאֲחִישָׁר, עַל-הַבָּיִת; {ס} וַאֲדֹנִירָם בֶּן-עַבְדָּא, עַל-הַמַּס. {ס} | 6 and Ahishar was over the household; {S} and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. {S} |
| ז וְלִשְׁלֹמֹה שְׁנֵים-עָשָׂר נִצָּבִים, עַל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְכִלְכְּלוּ אֶת-הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְאֶת-בֵּיתוֹ: חֹדֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָה יִהְיֶה עַל-אחד הָאֶחָד, לְכַלְכֵּל. {ס} | 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. {S} |
| ח וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹתָם, בֶּן-חוּר בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם. {ס} | 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; {S} |
| ט בֶּן-דֶּקֶר בְּמָקַץ וּבְשַׁעַלְבִים, וּבֵית שָׁמֶשׁ; וְאֵילוֹן, בֵּית חָנָן. {ס} | 9 the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; {S} |
| י בֶּן-חֶסֶד, בָּאֲרֻבּוֹת; לוֹ שֹׂכֹה, וְכָל-אֶרֶץ חֵפֶר. {ס} | 10 the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher; {S} |
| יא בֶּן-אֲבִינָדָב, כָּל-נָפַת דֹּאר; טָפַת, בַּת-שְׁלֹמֹה, הָיְתָה לּוֹ, לְאִשָּׁה. {ס} | 11 the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife; {S} |
| יב בַּעֲנָא, בֶּן-אֲחִילוּד, תַּעְנַךְ, וּמְגִדּוֹ; וְכָל-בֵּית שְׁאָן אֲשֶׁר אֵצֶל צָרְתַנָה מִתַּחַת לְיִזְרְעֶאל, מִבֵּית שְׁאָן עַד אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה, עַד, מֵעֵבֶר לְיָקְמְעָם. {ס} | 12 Baana 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; {S} |
| יג בֶּן-גֶּבֶר, בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד; לוֹ חַוֺּת יָאִיר בֶּן-מְנַשֶּׁה אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּלְעָד, לוֹ חֶבֶל אַרְגֹּב אֲשֶׁר בַּבָּשָׁן--שִׁשִּׁים עָרִים גְּדֹלוֹת, חוֹמָה וּבְרִיחַ נְחֹשֶׁת. {ס} | 13 the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars; {S} |
| יד אֲחִינָדָב בֶּן-עִדֹּא, מַחֲנָיְמָה. {ס} | 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; {S} |
| טו אֲחִימַעַץ, בְּנַפְתָּלִי; גַּם-הוּא, לָקַח אֶת-בָּשְׂמַת בַּת-שְׁלֹמֹה--לְאִשָּׁה. {ס} | 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife; {S} |
| טז בַּעֲנָא, בֶּן-חוּשָׁי, בְּאָשֵׁר, וּבְעָלוֹת. {ס} | 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; {S} |
| יז יְהוֹשָׁפָט בֶּן-פָּרוּחַ, בְּיִשָּׂשכָר. {ס} | 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; {S} |
| יח שִׁמְעִי בֶן-אֵלָא, בְּבִנְיָמִן. {ס} | 18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; {S} |
| יט גֶּבֶר בֶּן-אֻרִי, בְּאֶרֶץ גִּלְעָד--אֶרֶץ סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי, וְעֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן, וּנְצִיב אֶחָד, אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ. | 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land. |
| כ יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל רַבִּים, כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר-עַל-הַיָּם לָרֹב, אֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים, וּשְׂמֵחִים. | 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. |