Primo libro dei Re 4

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel.	1 And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
2 Et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdos;	2 And these were the princes which he had: Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest:
3 Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribae; Iosaphat filius Ahilud cancellarius;	3 Elihoreph, and Ahia, the sons of Sisa, scribes: Josaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder:
4 Banaias filius Ioiadae super exercitum; Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes;	4 Banaias the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc and Abiathar priests.
5 Azarias filius Nathan super praefectos; Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos amicus regis;	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 et Ahisar praepositus domus et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.	6 And Ahisar governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.
7 Habebat autem Salomon duodecim praefectos super omnem Israel, qui praebebant annonam regi et domui eius; per singulos enim menses in anno singuli necessaria ministrabant.	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 Et haec nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim;	8 And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim,
9 Bendecar in Maces et in Salebim et in Bethsames et in Elon et in Bethanan;	9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.
10 Benhesed in Aruboth, ipsius erat Socho et omnis terra Epher;	10 Benhesed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and all the land of Epher.
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis regio Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem;	11 ,11Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-Dor, he had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wife.
12 Baana filius Ahilud regebat Thanach et Mageddo et universam Bethsan, quae est iuxta Sarthan subter Iezrahel, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula et usque ultra Iecmaam;	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 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad habebat villas Iair filii Manasse in Galaad: ipse praeerat in omni regione Argob, quae est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis, quae habebant seras aereas;	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 filius Addo praeerat in Mahanaim;	14 Abinadab the son of Addo was chief in Manaim.
15 Achimaas in Nephthali, sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in coniugio;	15 Achimaas in Nephtali: he also had Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife.
16 Baana filius Chusai in Aser et in Baloth;	16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in Baloth.
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue in Issachar;	17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issachar.
18 Semei filius Ela in Beniamin;	18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.
19 Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorraei et Og regis Basan, ut praefectus unus, qui erat in terra.	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 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine, comedentes et bibentes atque laetantes.	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.