2 Tawarikh 1:11-15

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, ¹  and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, ²  and because you did not ask for long life, ³  but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king, 1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ⁴  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ⁵ 

1:13 Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. ⁶ 

Solomon’s Wealth

1:14 Solomon accumulated ⁷  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ⁸  1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful ⁹  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ¹⁰  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ¹¹ 

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

[1:11]  ² tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

[1:11]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[1:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

[1:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

[1:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Solomon came from the high place which was in Gibeon [to] Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.”

[1:14]  ⁷ tn Or “gathered.”

[1:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[1:14]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:15]  ⁹ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he made.”

[1:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”