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1 Ukumkani uSolomon waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli onke.2 Ngabo aba ke abathetheli abenabo: nguAzariya, unyana kaTsadoki, umbingeleli;3 ngooElihorefe noAhiya, oonyana bakaShisha, ababhali; nguYehoshafati, unyana ka-Ahiludi, umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu;4 nguBhenaya, unyana kaYehoyada, obephethe umkhosi; ngooTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli;5 nguAzariya, unyana kaNatan, obephethe abongameli; nguZabhudi, unyana kaNatan, umbingeleli, obengumhlobo wokumkani;6 nguAhishare obephethe indlu; nguAdoniram unyana ka-Abheda, obephethe abafakwa uviko.7 USolomon ubenabongameli abalishumi elinababini phezu kwamaSirayeli onke, ababemxhasa ukumkani nendlu yakhe: elowo ubexhasa ngenyanga yakhe ngomnyaka.8 Ngawo ke la amagama abo: nguBhen-hure, wakweleentaba lakwaEfrayim;9 nguBhen-dekere eMakatse, naseShahalebhim, naseBhete-shemeshe, nase-Elon-bhete-hanan;10 nguBhen-hesede eArubhoti; yayikuye iSoko, nelizwe lonke lakwaHefere;11 nguBhen-abhinadabhi ezindulini zonke zaseDore: uTafati intombi kaSolomon ibingumkakhe;12 nguBhahana unyana ka-Ahiludi eTahanaki naseMegido, naseBhete-shehan yonke esecaleni laseTsaretan, ezantsi kweYizereli, kwathabathela eBhete-shehan, kwesa eAbhele-mehola, kwesa ele kowakwaYokemeham;13 nguBhen-gebhere eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, enamagxamesi akwaYahire unyana kaManase aseGiliyadi, enommandla waseArgobhi oseBhashan: amashumi amathandathu emizi emikhulu eneendonga nemivalo yobhedu;14 nguAhinadabhi unyana kaIdo, eMahanayim;15 nguAhimahatse kwaNafetali: yena kananjalo wazeka uBhasemati, intombi kaSolomon, yangumkakhe;16 nguBhahana unyana kaHushayi, kwa-Ashere naseAloti;17 nguYehoshafati unyana kaParuwa, kwaIsakare;18 nguShimehi unyana kaEla, kwaBhenjamin; nguGebhere unyana kaUri,19 elizweni laseGiliyadi, ezweni lakwaSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, nelakwaOgi ukumkani waseBhashan; ekuphela komongameli obekwelo zwe.

20 AmaYuda namaSirayeli ebemaninzi, enjengentlabathi engaselwandle ukuba maninzi, esidla, esela, evuya.21 USolomon ubelawula ezikumkanini zonke, ethabathela kuwo uMlambo, naselizweni lamaFilisti, wesa nasemdeni weYiputa, zizisa iminikelo, zimkhonza uSolomon yonke imihla yobomi bakhe.22 Ke ukudla kukaSolomon kwamini-nye bekungamashumi omathathu eekore zomgubo ocoliweyo, namashumi omathandathu eekore zomgubo,23 ishumi leenkomo ezityetyisiweyo, namashumi omabini eenkomo zasemadlelweni, nekhulu lempahla emfutshane, ewodwa amaxhama, namabhadi, namanqa, neenkuku ezityetyisiweyo.24 Ngokuba ubenobukhosi kulo lonke eliphesheya kwawo uMlambo, lithabathela eTifesa lesa eGaza, kookumkani bonke abaphesheya koMlambo. Wayenoxolo ngeenxa zonke kuye.25 Ahlala amaYuda namaSirayeli ekholosile, elowo ehleli phantsi komdiliya wakhe naphantsi komkhiwane wakhe, ethabathela kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, yonke imihla kaSolomon.26 USolomon wayenamawaka amane emikhumbi yezitali zamahashe eenqwelo zakhe, neshumi elinamabini lamawaka amahashe akhwelwayo.27 Abo bongameli babemxhasa ukumkani uSolomon, nabo bonke abasondela etafileni yokumkani uSolomon, elowo exhasa ngenyanga yakhe; bekungasweleki nto.28 Irhasi nomququ wamahashe, nowamahashe aziimbaleki, babeyizisa endaweni apho ibifanele ukuba khona, elowo njengokumiselwa kwakhe.

29 UThixo wamnika ke uSolomon ubulumko nengqondo ngokuninzi kunene, nobubanzi bentliziyo, njengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle.30 Ubulumko bukaSolomon bebubuninzi ngaphezu kobulumko boonyana bonke basempumalanga, naphezu kobulumko bonke bamaYiputa.31 Ubelumkile ngaphezu kwabantu bonke, ngaphezu koEtan umEzera, noHeman, noKalekole, noDarda, oonyana bakaMaholi. Igama lakhe belisezintlangeni zonke ngeenxa zonke.32 Wathetha amawaka amathathu emizekeliso; zathi neengoma zakhe zaliwaka elinantlanu.33 Wathetha ngemithi, ethabathela kumsedare waseLebhanon, ase nakwihisope ephuma eludongeni; wathetha nangeenkomo, nangeentaka, nangezinambuzane, nangeentlanzi.34 Baye bevela ezintlangeni zonke, besiza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon bevela kookumkani bonke bomhlaba, ababebuvile ubulumko bakhe.