Primo libro dei Re 4

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel.	1 Now king Solomon was reigning over all of Israel.
2 Et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdos;	2 And these were the leaders that he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribae; Iosaphat filius Ahilud cancellarius;	3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, the scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, the keeper of records;
4 Banaias filius Ioiadae super exercitum; Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes;	4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, over the army; and Zadok, and Abiathar, priests;
5 Azarias filius Nathan super praefectos; Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos amicus regis;	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 et Ahisar praepositus domus et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.	6 and Ahishar, first ruler 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 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 Et haec nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim;	8 And these are their names: Benhur, on mount Ephraim;
9 Bendecar in Maces et in Salebim et in Bethsames et in Elon et in Bethanan;	9 Bendeker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan;
10 Benhesed in Aruboth, ipsius erat Socho et omnis terra Epher;	10 Benhesed, in Arubboth: his was Socoh and the entire land of Hepher;
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis regio Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem;	11 Benabinadab, to whom was all of Naphath-Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, as 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 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 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 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 filius Addo praeerat in Mahanaim;	14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, who was first in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas in Nephthali, sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in coniugio;	15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, and he also had Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, in marriage;
16 Baana filius Chusai in Aser et in Baloth;	16 Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Bealoth;
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue in Issachar;	17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela in Beniamin;	18 Shimei, 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 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 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine, comedentes et bibentes atque laetantes.	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.