I Regum 4
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel:
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Elihoreph, et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Banaias filius Ioiadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem, et Abiathar sacerdotes.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of 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 those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
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 put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.
8 Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur, in monte Ephraim.
And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Bendecar, in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis Nephath Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est iuxta Sarthana subter Iezrael, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Iecmaan.
Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
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 Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.
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 coniugio.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Baana filius Husi, in Aser, et in Baloth.
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue, in Issachar.
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela, in Beniamin.
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 Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.
20 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.
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 Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain 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 fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
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 authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
25 Habitabatque Iuda, et Israel absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua, et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis.
So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.
28 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum, et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, iuxta constitutum sibi.
And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam, quæ est in littore maris.
And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
30 Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than 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, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
32 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina eius quinque et mille.
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
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 made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ, qui audiebant sapientiam eius.
People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.
