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 officials 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:
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king's friend;
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
and Ahishar was over the palace; and Eliab son of Joab was over the army; 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, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10 Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
11 Benabinadab, cujus omnis Nephath Dor: Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon 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 (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
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 in Aloth;
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 prefect in the land of Judah.
20 Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
Judah and Israel were many 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.
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms, from the River, and 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 measures of fine flour, and 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, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelles, and 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.
And Solomon had four 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.
And they also brought barley and straw for the horses and the steeds to the place where the officers were, every 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 wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as 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 people 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; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and 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 were 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 springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of crawling creatures, and of fish.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ qui audiebant sapientiam ejus.
There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
