20.猶大人和以色列人如同海邊的沙那樣多，都吃喝快樂。
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
21.所羅門統管諸國，從大河到非利士地，直到埃及的邊界。所羅門在世的日子，這些國都進貢服事他。
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
22.所羅門每日所用的食物：細麵三十歌珥，粗麵六十歌珥，
Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors[b] of meal,
Footnotes:
a. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
b. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
23.肥牛十隻，草場的牛二十隻，羊一百隻，還有鹿、羚羊、麅子，並肥禽。
ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.
24.所羅門管理大河西邊的諸王，以及從提弗薩直到迦薩的全地，四境盡都平安。
For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides.
25.所羅門在世的日子，從但到別是巴的猶大人和以色列人都在自己的葡萄樹下和無花果樹下安然居住。
During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.
26.所羅門有套車的馬四萬，還有馬兵一萬二千。
Solomon had four[c] thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.[d]
Footnotes:
c. 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
d. 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers
27.那十二個官吏各按各月供給所羅門王，並一切與他同席之人的食物，一無所缺。
The district governors, each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
28.眾人各按各分，將養馬與快馬的大麥和乾草送到官吏那裏。
They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.
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