Premier livre des Rois 4

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Le roi Salomon régnait sur tout Israël.	1 Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.
2 Voici les fonctionnaires qu’il avait à son service: Azarias fils de Sadoq était prêtre,	2 And these were the leaders that he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Élihaf et Ahiya fils de Chicha étaient secrétaires, Yochafat fils d’Ahiloud était le porte-parole,	3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, the scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, the keeper of records;
4 (Bénayas, fils de Yoyada commandait l’armée, Sadoq et Ébyatar étaient prêtres,)	4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, over the army; and Zadok, and Abiathar, priests;
5 Azarias fils de Nathan, chef des préfets; Zaboud fils de Nathan, familier du roi;	5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, over those who were assisting the king; Zabud, the son of Nathan, the priest, the friend of the king;
6 Ahichar était maître du palais; Éliab fils de Joab, chargé de l’armée; Adoram fils d’Abda, chef de la corvée.	6 and Ahishar, first ruler of the house; and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.
7 Salomon avait douze gouverneurs pour tout Israël; ils approvisionnaient le roi et son palais, chacun durant un mois par an.	7 And Solomon had twelve commanders over all of Israel, who offered yearly provisions for the king and his house. For each was ministering the necessities, by each month of the year.
8 Voici leurs noms: Ben-Hour dans la montagne d’Éphraïm;	8 And these are their names: Benhur, on mount Ephraim;
9 Ben-Déker à Mahas, Chaalbim, Beth-Chémech, Ayyalon et Beth-Hanan,	9 Bendeker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan;
10 Ben-Hézed à Aroubot, il avait aussi en charge Soko et tout le pays de Héfer;	10 Benhesed, in Arubboth: his was Socoh and the entire land of Hepher;
11 Ben-Abinadab sur les coteaux de Dor, sa femme Tabaat était fille de Salomon;	11 Benabinadab, to whom was all of Naphath-Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, as wife;
12 Baana fils d’Ahiloud, à Tanak et Méguiddo et jusqu’au-delà de Yoknéam: il avait également Beth-Chéan au-dessous de Yizréel et de Beth-Chéan jusqu’à Abel-Méhola en direction de Sartan;	12 Baana, the son of Ahilud, who was reigning in Taanach, and Megiddo, and all of Bethshean, which is beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Bethshean as far as Abelmeholah, opposite Jokmeam;
13 Ben-Guéber à Ramot de Galaad: il avait les Douars de Yaïr fils de Manassé en Galaad, et le territoire d’Argob dans le Bashan, soit 60 villes fortifiées, entourées de remparts et munies de verrous de bronze.	13 Bengeber, in Ramoth Gilead, who had the town of Jair, the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; the same was first in the entire region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls that had bronze bars;
14 Ahinadab fils d’Iddo, à Mahanayim;	14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, who was first in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaas en Nephtali: il épousa lui aussi une fille de Salomon nommée Basmat.	15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, and he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, in marriage;
16 Baana fils de Houchaï pour Asher et pour la côte rocheuse;	16 Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Bealoth;
17 Yochafat fils de Parouah pour Issacar;	17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Chiméï fils d’Éla pour Benjamin;	18 Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Guéber fils d’Ouri pour le pays de Gad et le pays de Sihon, roi des Amorites, et d’Og, roi du Bashan. En outre, un préfet demeurait dans le pays de Juda.	19 Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan, over all who were in that land.
20 (Juda et Israël étaient aussi nombreux que le sable sur le bord de la mer, on mangeait, on buvait et on vivait heureux.)	20 Judah and Israel were innumerable, like the sand of the sea in multitude: eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
	21 Now Solomon had, in his dominion, all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt. And they offered gifts to him, and they served him all the days of his life.
	22 And the provisions of Solomon, for each day, were thirty cor of fine wheat flour, and sixty cor of meal,
	23 ten fattened oxen, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred rams, aside from the venison of stags, roe deer, and gazelles, and fattened poultry.
	24 For he had obtained the entire region which was beyond the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, and all the kings of those regions. And he had peace on every side all around.
	25 And so, Judah and Israel were living without any fear, each one under his own vine and under his own fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, during all the days of Solomon.
	26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand riding horses.
	27 And the above-stated commanders of the king nourished these. And they also offered the necessities for the table of king Solomon, with immense diligence, each in his time.
	28 Also, they brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden, to the place where the king was, just as it was appointed to them.
	29 And God gave wisdom to Solomon, and an exceedingly great prudence, and a spacious heart, like the sand which is on the shore of the sea.
	30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the East, and of the Egyptians.
	31 And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And he was renowned in all the nations on every side.
	32 Solomon also spoke three thousand parables. And his verses were one thousand and five.
	33 And he discoursed about trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, to the hyssop which grows out from the wall. And he explained about beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.
	34 And they came from all the peoples in order to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who were hearing about his wisdom.