I Regum 4

1 erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israhel

And King Solomon is king over all Israel,

2 et hii principes quos habebat Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdos

and these [are] the heads whom he has: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;

3 Helioreph et Ahia filii Sesa scribae Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis

Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;

4 Banaias filius Ioiadae super exercitum Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes

and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests;

5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui adsistebant regi Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos amicus regis

and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;

6 et Ahisar praepositus domus et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa

and Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute.

7 habebat autem Salomon duodecim praefectos super omnem Israhel qui praebebant annonam regi et domui eius per singulos enim menses in anno singuli necessaria ministrabant

And Solomon has twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household—a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

8 et haec nomina eorum Benhur in monte Ephraim

and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

9 Bendecar in Macces et in Salebbim et in Bethsemes et Helon Bethanan

Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan;

10 Benesed in Araboth ipsius erat Soccho et omnis terra Epher

Ben-Hesed, in Aruboth, has Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;

11 Benabinadab cuius omnis Nepthad Dor Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem

Ben-Abinadab [has] all the elevation of Dor; Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife;

12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo et universam Bethsan quae est iuxta Sarthana subter Hiezrahel a Bethsan usque Abelmeula e regione Iecmaan

Baana Ben-Ahilud [has] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean to Abel-Meholah, to beyond Jokneam;

13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad habebat Avothiair filii Manasse in Galaad ipse praeerat in omni regione Argob quae est in Basan sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis quae habebant seras aereas

Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, has the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he has a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan—sixty great cities [with] wall and bronze bar;

14 Ahinadab filius Addo praeerat in Manaim

Ahinadab son of Iddo [has] Mahanaim;

15 Ahimaas in Nepthali sed et ipse habebat Basmath filiam Salomonis in coniugio

Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also has taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife;

16 Baana filius Usi in Aser et in Balod

Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth;

17 Iosaphat filius Pharue in Isachar

Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar;

18 Semei filius Hela in Beniamin

Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin;

19 Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad in terra Seon regis Amorrei et Og regis Basan super omnia quae erant in illa terra

Geber Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and [he is] the one officer who [is] in the land.

20 Iuda et Israhel innumerabiles sicut harena maris in multitudine comedentes et bibentes atque laetantes

Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

21 Salomon autem erat in dicione sua habens omnia regna sicut a flumine terrae Philisthim usque ad terminum Aegypti offerentium sibi munera et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitae eius

And Solomon has been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt: they are bringing a present near, and serving Solomon, all [the] days of his life.

22 erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta chori similae et sexaginta chori farinae

And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal,

23 decem boves pingues et viginti boves pascuales et centum arietes excepta venatione cervorum caprearum atque bubalorum et avium altilium

ten fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and one hundred sheep, apart from deer, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,

24 ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem quae erat trans flumen quasi a Thapsa usque Gazam et cunctos reges illarum regionum et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu

for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and to Gaza, over all the kings beyond the River, and he has peace from all his surrounding servants.

25 habitabatque Iudas et Israhel absque timore ullo unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis

And Judah dwells—and Israel—in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.

26 et habebat Salomon quadraginta milia praesepia equorum currulium et duodecim milia equestrium

And Solomon has forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

27 nutriebantque eos supradicti regis praefecti sed et necessaria mensae regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura praebebant in tempore suo

And these officers have sustained King Solomon and everyone drawing near to the table of King Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking.

28 hordeum quoque et paleas equorum et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex iuxta constitutum sibi

And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring to the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

29 dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis et latitudinem cordis quasi harenam quae est in litore maris

And God gives very much wisdom and understanding to Solomon, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;

30 et praecedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Aegyptiorum

and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and [greater] than all the wisdom of Egypt;

31 et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus sapientior Aethan Ezraita et Heman et Chalcal et Dorda filiis Maol et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum

and he is wiser than all men, [wiser] than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the surrounding nations.

32 locutus est quoque Salomon tria milia parabolas et fuerunt carmina eius quinque et mille

And he speaks three thousand allegories, and his songs [are] one thousand and five;

33 et disputavit super lignis a cedro quae est in Libano usque ad hysopum quae egreditur de pariete et disseruit de iumentis et volucribus et reptilibus et piscibus

and he speaks concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even to the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaks concerning the livestock, and concerning the bird, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

34 et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis et ab universis regibus terrae qui audiebant sapientiam eius

and there come out [those] of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.