After all, a king who cultivates the field is beneficial to the land.

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且，地的出产滋养万物，就是君王也需要从田地得到供应。

各人都从土地得着利益，就是君王也得到田地的供应。

各人都从这块地得好处，甚至君王也藉着这块地得益处。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且，地的出產滋養萬物，就是君王也需要從田地得到供應。

各人都從土地得著利益，就是君王也得到田地的供應。

但君王對國家、對有耕種之田地的、大體說來，總是有益處的。

各人都從這塊地得好處，甚至君王也藉著這塊地得益處。

且地利屬眾庶、即王亦受田疇之供、○

莫重乎農事、上下咸獲其利、

貪金者、有金亦不知足、好財者、財多亦不得益、此亦屬於虛、

The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.

But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king[ himself] is served by the field.

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

One who works his land will have plenty of food, But one who follows empty pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,And wine, which makes a human heart cheerful, So that he makes his face gleam with oil, And food, which sustains a human heart.

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, But the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.

Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.

Then God said,“ Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;and to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

Then to Adam He said,“ Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying,‘ You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; With hard labor you shall eat from it All the days of your life.Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; Yet you shall eat the plants of the field;By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”

He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to gather in his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.He will also take your daughters and use them as perfumers, cooks, and bakers.He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.And he will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and his servants.He will also take your male servants and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his work.He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.

Ezri the son of Chelub was responsible for the agricultural workers who tilled the soil.Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars.Baal hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash was responsible for the stores of oil.Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the cattle which were grazing in Sharon; and Shaphat the son of Adlai was responsible for the cattle in the valleys.Obil the Ishmaelite was responsible for the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite was responsible for the donkeys.Jaziz the Hagrite was responsible for the flocks. All these were overseers of the property which belonged to King David.

Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field,And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your attendants.

Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each deputy had to provide food for a month in the year.And these were their names: Ben hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;Ben deker in Makaz and Shaalbim, and Beth shemesh, and Elonbeth hanan;Ben hesed in Arubboth( Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher);Ben abinadab in all the hills of Dor( Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth shean to Abel meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;Ben geber in Ramoth gilead( the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);Ahinadab the son of Iddo in Mahanaim;Ahimaaz in Naphtali( he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);Baana the son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth;Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar;Shimei the son of Ela in Benjamin;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 he was the only deputy who was in the land.Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.Now Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates 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.Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,ten fat oxen, twenty pasture fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened geese.

Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay in Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather wine, summer fruit, and oil, and put them in your storage vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken over.”Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom, and who were in all the other countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant for Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been scattered and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.