I Regum 4
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israël:
King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4 Banaias filius Jojadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes:
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
7 Habebat autem Salomon duodecim præfectos super omnem Israël, qui præbebant annonam regi et domui ejus: per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8 Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim.
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Bendecar in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10 Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 Benabinadab, cujus omnis Nephath Dor: Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est juxta Sarthana subter Jezrahel, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Jecmaan.
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;
13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: habebat Avothjair filii Manasse in Galaad: ipse præerat in omni regione Argob, quæ est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis quæ habebant seras æreas.
Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);
14 Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in conjugio.
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
16 Baana filius Husi in Aser, et in Baloth.
Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Josaphat filius Pharue in Issachar.
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela in Benjamin.
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi et Og regis Basan, super omnia quæ erant in illa terra.
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 officer who was in the land.
20 Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
21 Salomon autem erat in ditione sua, habens omnia regna a flumine terræ Philisthiim usque ad terminum Ægypti: offerentium sibi munera, et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the 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.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
23 decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
24 Ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem quæ erat trans flumen, a Thaphsa usque ad Gazan, et cunctos reges illarum regionum: et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu.
For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.
25 Habitabatque Juda et Israël absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee, cunctis diebus Salomonis.
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.
28 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum et jumentorum, deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, juxta constitutum sibi.
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni, et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam quæ est in littore maris.
God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
30 Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus: sapientior Ethan Ezrahita, et Heman, et Chalcol, et Dorda filiis Mahol: et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum.
For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.
32 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
33 Et disputavit super lignis a cedro quæ est in Libano, usque ad hyssopum quæ egreditur de pariete: et disseruit de jumentis, et volucribus, et reptilibus, et piscibus.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ qui audiebant sapientiam ejus.
People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
