Premier livre des Rois 4

JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Le roi Salomon fut roi sur tout Israël,	1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
2 et voici quels étaient ses grands officiers: Azaryahu fils de Sadoq, prêtre.	2 And these were the princes which he had: Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest:
3 Elihaph et Ahiyya, fils de Shisha, secrétaires. Yehoshaphat fils d'Ahilud, héraut.	3 Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder:
4 (Benayahu, fils de Yehoyada, chef de l'armée. Sadoq et Ebyatar, prêtres.)	4 Banaias the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc and Abiathar priests.
5 Azaryahu fils de Natân, chef des préfets. Zabud fils de Natân, familier du roi.	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, maître du palais. Eliab fils de Joab, chef de l'armée. Adoram fils d'Abda, chef de la corvée.	6 And Ahisar governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.
7 Salomon avait douze préfets sur tout Israël, qui approvisionnaient le roi et sa maison; il revenait àchacun d'y pourvoir un mois par an.	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 Voici leurs noms: Fils de Hur, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm.	8 And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim,
9 Fils de Déqer, à Mahaç, Shaalbim, Bet-Shémesh, Ayyalôn, Bet-Hanân.	9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.
10 Fils de Hésed, à Arubbot; il avait Soko et tout le pays de Héphèr.	10 Benhesed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher.
11 Fils d'Abinadab: tous les coteaux de Dor. Tabaat, fille de Salomon, fut sa femme.	11 ,11Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor, he had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wife.
12 Baana fils d'Ahilud, à Tanak et Megiddo jusqu'au-delà de Yoqméam, et tout Bet-Shéân au-dessousde Yizréel, depuis Bet-Shéân jusqu'à Abel-Mehola, qui est vers Cartân.	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 Fils de Géber, à Ramot de Galaad; il avait les Douars de Yaïr, fils de Manassé, qui sont en Galaad;il avait le territoire d'Argob qui est en Bashân, 60 villes fortes, emmurées et verrouillées de 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 fils d'Iddo, à Mahanayim.	14 Abinadab the son of Addo was chief in Manaim.
15 Ahimaaç, en Nephtali; lui aussi épousa une fille de Salomon, Basmat.	15 Achimaas in Nephtali: he also had Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
16 Baana fils de Hushaï, dans Asher et aux falaises.	16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in Baloth.
17 Yehoshaphat fils de Paruah, en Issachar.	17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issachar.
18 Shiméï fils d'Ela, en Benjamin.	18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.
19 Géber fils d'Uri, au pays de Gad, le pays de Sihôn roi des Amorites et d'Og roi du Bashân. En plus,il y avait un préfet qui était dans le pays.	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 Juda et Israël étaient nombreux, aussi nombreux que le sable qui est au bord de la mer; ilsmangeaient et buvaient et vivaient heureux.	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.