Regum I 4

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israël :	1 Solomon was king over all Israel,
2 et hi principes quos habebat : Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis :	2 and these were the officials he had in his service: Azariah, son of Zadok, priest;
3 Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ : Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis :	3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, chancellor;
4 Banaias filius Jojadæ super exercitum : Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes :	4 (Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, commander of the army; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;)
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi : Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis :	5 Azariah, son of Nathan, chief of the commissaries; Zabud, son of Nathan, companion to the king;
6 et Ahisar præpositus domus : et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.	6 Ahishar, major-domo of the palace; and Adoniram, son of Abda, superintendent of the forced labor.
7 Habebat autem Salomon duodecim præfectos super omnem Israël, qui præbebant annonam regi et domui ejus : per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.	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.
8 Et hæc nomina eorum : Benhur in monte Ephraim.	8 Their names were: the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Bendecar in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.	9 the son of Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, Elon and Beth-hanan;
10 Benhesed in Aruboth : ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.	10 the son of Hesed in Arubboth, as well as in Socoh and the whole region of Hepher;
11 Benabinadab, cujus omnis Nephath Dor : Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.	11 the son of Abinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath, in all the Naphath-dor;
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est juxta Sarthana subter Jezrahel, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Jecmaan.	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;
13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad : habebat Avothjair filii Manasse in Galaad : ipse præerat in omni regione Argob, quæ est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis quæ habebant seras æreas.	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;
14 Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.	14 Ahinadab, son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas in Nephthali : sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in conjugio.	15 Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another daughter of Solomon, in Naphtali;
16 Baana filius Husi in Aser, et in Baloth.	16 Baana, son of Hushai, in Asher and along the rocky coast;
17 Josaphat filius Pharue in Issachar.	17 Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela in Benjamin.	18 Shimei, son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi et Og regis Basan, super omnia quæ erant in illa terra.	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.
20 Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine : comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.	20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and made merry.
21 Salomon autem erat in ditione sua, habens omnia regna a flumine terræ Philisthiim usque ad terminum Ægypti : offerentium sibi munera, et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
23 decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
24 Ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem quæ erat trans flumen, a Thaphsa usque ad Gazan, et cunctos reges illarum regionum : et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu.
25 Habitabatque Juda et Israël absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee, cunctis diebus Salomonis.
26 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti : sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
28 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum et jumentorum, deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, juxta constitutum sibi.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni, et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam quæ est in littore maris.
30 Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
31 et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus : sapientior Ethan Ezrahita, et Heman, et Chalcol, et Dorda filiis Mahol : et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum.
32 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas : et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.
33 Et disputavit super lignis a cedro quæ est in Libano, usque ad hyssopum quæ egreditur de pariete : et disseruit de jumentis, et volucribus, et reptilibus, et piscibus.
34 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ qui audiebant sapientiam ejus.