1 Kings 4

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Solomon was king over all Israel,	1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
2 and these were the officials he had in his service: Azariah, son of Zadok, priest;	2 And these were the princes which he had: Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest:
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, chancellor;	3 Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder:
4 (Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, commander of the army; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;)	4 Banaias the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc and Abiathar priests.
5 Azariah, son of Nathan, chief of the commissaries; Zabud, son of Nathan, companion to the king;	5 Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that were about the king: Zabud, the son of Nathan the priest, the king's friend:
6 Ahishar, major-domo of the palace; and Adoniram, son of Abda, superintendent of the forced labor.	6 And Ahisar governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.
7 Solomon had twelve commissaries for all Israel who supplied food for the king and his household, each having to provide for one month in the year.	7 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his household: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year.
8 Their names were: the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;	8 And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim,
9 the son of Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Elon and Beth-hanan;	9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.
10 the son of Hesed in Arubboth, as well as in Socoh and the whole region of Hepher;	10 Benhesed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher.
11 the son of Abinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath, in all the Naphath-dor;	11 ,11Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor, he had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wife.
12 Baana, son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and beyond Jokmeam, and in all Beth-shean, and in the country around Zarethan below Jezreel from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah;	12 Bana the son of Ahilud, who governed Thanac and Mageddo, and all Bethsan, which is by Sarthana beneath Jezrael, from Bethsan unto Abelmehula over against Jecmaan.
13 the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead, having charge of the villages of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead; and of the district of Argob in Bashan--sixty large walled cities with gates barred with bronze;	13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: he had the towns of Jair the son of Manasses in Galaad, he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities with walls, and brazen bolts.
14 Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;	14 Abinadab the son of Addo was chief in Manaim.
15 Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another daughter of Solomon, in Naphtali;	15 Achimaas in Nephtali: he also had Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
16 Baana, son of Hushai, in Asher and along the rocky coast;	16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in Baloth.
17 Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;	17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issachar.
18 Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;	18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.
19 Geber, son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan. There was one prefect besides, in the king's own land.	19 Gaber the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in the land of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites and of Og the king of Basan, over all that were in that land.
20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and made merry.	20 Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
	21 And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines,. even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him, all the days of his life.
	22 And the provision of Solomon for each day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
	23 Ten fat oxen and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams, besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls.
	24 For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.
	25 And Juda and Israel dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.
	26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
	27 And the foresaid governors of the king fed them: and they furnished the necessaries also for king Solomon's table, with great care in their time.
	28 They brought barley also and straw for the horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.
	29 And God gave to Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart as the sand that is on the sea shore.
	30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians,
	31 And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about.
	32 Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
	33 And he treated about trees from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
	34 And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom.