1 Kings 4
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
1Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israël:
2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
2et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
3Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
4Banaias filius Jojadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes:
5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
5Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
6et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
7¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
7Habebat autem Salomon duodecim præfectos super omnem Israël, qui præbebant annonam regi et domui ejus: per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.
8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
8Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim.
9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
9Bendecar in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
10Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
11Benabinadab, cujus omnis Nephath Dor: Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
12Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est juxta Sarthana subter Jezrahel, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Jecmaan.
13The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
13Bengaber 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.
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
14Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.
15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
15Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in conjugio.
16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
16Baana filius Husi in Aser, et in Baloth.
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
17Josaphat filius Pharue in Issachar.
18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
18Semei filius Ela in Benjamin.
19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
19Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi et Og regis Basan, super omnia quæ erant in illa terra.
20¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
20Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
21Salomon 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¶ And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
22Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
23decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
24Ipse 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.
25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
25Habitabatque Juda et Israël absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee, cunctis diebus Salomonis.
26¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
26Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
27Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
28Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum et jumentorum, deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, juxta constitutum sibi.
29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
29Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni, et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam quæ est in littore maris.
30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
30Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
31et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus: sapientior Ethan Ezrahita, et Heman, et Chalcol, et Dorda filiis Mahol: et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum.
32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
32Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.
33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
33Et 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.
34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
34Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ qui audiebant sapientiam ejus.
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