I Regum 4
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel:
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoreph, et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
Shisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the [official] secretaries. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the one who announced to the people the king’s decisions.
4 Banaias filius Ioiadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem, et Abiathar sacerdotes.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor.
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace. Abda’s son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work [for the government].
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.
Solomon appointed twelve men, one to govern [each of the regions] in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own region the food for one month each year.
8 Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur, in monte Ephraim.
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Bendecar, in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis Nephath Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est iuxta Sarthana subter Iezrael, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Iecmaan.
Ahilud’s son Baana, for Taanach and Megiddo [towns], and all the region near Zarethan [city], and from Beth-Shan [city] south of Jezreel as far as Abel-Meholah [town] and Jokmeam [city];
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.
Ben-Geber, for Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and for the villages in Gilead that belonged to Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, and the Argob area in [the] Bashan [region]. There were 60 large towns in that region altogether, each town with a wall around it and bronze bars across the gates.
14 Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in coniugio.
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana filius Husi, in Aser, et in Baloth.
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue, in Issachar.
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela, in Beniamin.
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Gaber filius Uri, in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi et Og regis Basan, super omnia quæ erant in illa terra.
Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group [formerly ruled], and the Bashan [area], which was the area that Og [formerly ruled]. [In addition to all those], Solomon appointed one governor for the [territory of the] tribe of Judah.
20 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand [HYP] on the seashore. They [had plenty to] eat and drink and they were happy.
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.
Solomon’s kingdom extended from the Euphrates [River in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] and to the border of Egypt [in the south]. The [conquered] people in those areas paid taxes and were under Solomon’s control for the rest of his life.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
[To feed the people in his palace and his guests] Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat,
23 decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
ten cattle that were kept in stalls/barns, 20 cattle that were kept in pastures, 100 sheep, and (deer and gazelles and roebucks/three kinds of deer), and poultry.
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.
Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates [River], from Tiphsah [city in the northeast] to Gaza [city in the southwest]. He ruled over all the kings in that area. And there was peace between his [government] and the [governments of] nearby countries.
25 Habitabatque Iuda, et Israel absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua, et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis.
All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
His twelve governors supplied the food that King Solomon needed for himself and for all those who ate in the palace. Each governor supplied food for one month each year. They provided everything [LIT] that Solomon required.
28 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum, et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, iuxta constitutum sibi.
They also brought [stalks of] barley and wheat for the fast horses [that pulled the chariots] and for the [other work] horses. They brought it to the places where the horses were kept.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam, quæ est in littore maris.
God enabled Solomon to be extremely wise and to have great insight/understanding. He understood about more things than the number of grains of sand on the seashore [HYP].
30 Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in 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.
Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were [considered to be] very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon.
32 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina eius quinque et mille.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
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.
He talked about various kinds of plants, from the [huge] cedar trees in Lebanon to the [tiny] hyssop plants that grow in cracks in walls. He also talked about wild animals and birds and reptiles and fish.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ, qui audiebant sapientiam eius.
People came from all over the world to hear the wise things that Solomon said. Many kings sent men to listen to him [and then return and tell them what Solomon said].
