I Regum 4
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel:
And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
2 et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
3 Elihoreph, et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
4 Banaias filius Ioiadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem, et Abiathar sacerdotes.
And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend.
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.
7 Habebat autem Salomon duodecim præfectos super omnem Israel, qui præbebant annonam regi et domui eius: per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year.
8 Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur, in monte Ephraim.
And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
9 Bendecar, in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
10 Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher.
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis Nephath Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est iuxta Sarthana subter Iezrael, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Iecmaan.
Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one.
13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: habebat Avothiair filii Manasse in Galaad, ipse præerat in omni regione Argob, quæ est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis, quæ habebant seras æreas.
The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.
14 Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.
Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim.
15 Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in coniugio.
Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
16 Baana filius Husi, in Aser, et in Baloth.
Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue, in Issachar.
Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar.
18 Semei filius Ela, in Beniamin.
Semei 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.
Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.
20 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing.
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 eius.
And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
23 decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
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 on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
25 Habitabatque Iuda, et Israel absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua, et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis.
26 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
28 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum, et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, iuxta constitutum sibi.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam, quæ est in littore maris.
And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
30 Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men 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.
And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.
32 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina eius quinque et mille.
And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
33 Et disputavit super lignis a cedro, quæ est in Libano, usque ad hyssopum, quæ egreditur de pariete: et disseruit de iumentis, et volucribus, et reptilibus, et piscibus.
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ, qui audiebant sapientiam eius.
And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.
