The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israhel
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King Solomon was king over all Israel,
2 et hii principes quos habebat Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdos
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and these were his high officials: Azari'ah the son of Zadok was the priest;
3 Helioreph et Ahia filii Sesa scribae Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis
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Elihor'eph and Ahi'jah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;
4 Banaias filius Ioiadae super exercitum Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes
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Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi'athar were priests;
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui adsistebant regi Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos amicus regis
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Azari'ah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;
6 et Ahisar praepositus domus et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa
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Ahi'shar was in charge of the palace; and Adoni'ram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 habebat autem Salomon duodecim praefectos super omnem Israhel qui praebebant annonam regi et domui eius per singulos enim menses in anno singuli necessaria ministrabant
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Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
8 et haec nomina eorum Benhur in monte Ephraim
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These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of E'phraim;
9 Bendecar in Macces et in Salebbim et in Bethsemes et Helon Bethanan
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Ben-deker, in Makaz, Sha-al'bim, Beth-she'mesh, and E'lonbeth-ha'nan;
10 Benesed in Araboth ipsius erat Soccho et omnis terra Epher
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Ben-hesed, in Arub'both (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
11 Benabinadab cuius omnis Nepthad Dor Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem
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Ben-abin'adab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo et universam Bethsan quae est iuxta Sarthana subter Hiezrahel a Bethsan usque Abelmeula e regione Iecmaan
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Ba'ana the son of Ahi'lud, in Ta'anach, Megid'do, and all Beth-she'an which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-she'an to A'bel-meho'lah, as far as the other side of Jok'meam;
13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad habebat Avothiair filii Manasse in Galaad ipse praeerat in omni regione Argob quae est in Basan sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis quae habebant seras aereas
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Ben-geber, in Ra'moth-gil'ead (he had the villages of Ja'ir the son of Manas'seh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 Ahinadab filius Addo praeerat in Manaim
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Ahin'adab the son of Iddo, in Mahana'im;
15 Ahimaas in Nepthali sed et ipse habebat Basmath filiam Salomonis in coniugio
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Ahi'ma-az, in Naph'tali (he had taken Bas'emath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
16 Baana filius Usi in Aser et in Balod
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Ba'ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue in Isachar
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Jehosh'aphat the son of Paru'ah, in Is'sachar;
18 Semei filius Hela in Beniamin
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Shim'e-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad in terra Seon regis Amorrei et Og regis Basan super omnia quae erant in illa terra
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Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one officer in the land of Judah.
20 Iuda et Israhel innumerabiles sicut harena maris in multitudine comedentes et bibentes atque laetantes
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Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.
21 Salomon autem erat in dicione sua habens omnia regna sicut a flumine terrae Philisthim usque ad terminum Aegypti offerentium sibi munera et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitae eius
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Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphra'tes to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta chori similae et sexaginta chori farinae
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Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,
23 decem boves pingues et viginti boves pascuales et centum arietes excepta venatione cervorum caprearum atque bubalorum et avium altilium
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ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24 ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem quae erat trans flumen quasi a Thapsa usque Gazam et cunctos reges illarum regionum et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu
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For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra'tes from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphra'tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
25 habitabatque Iudas et Israhel absque timore ullo unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis
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And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.
26 et habebat Salomon quadraginta milia praesepia equorum currulium et duodecim milia equestrium
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Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 nutriebantque eos supradicti regis praefecti sed et necessaria mensae regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura praebebant in tempore suo
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And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28 hordeum quoque et paleas equorum et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex iuxta constitutum sibi
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Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.
29 dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis et latitudinem cordis quasi harenam quae est in litore maris
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And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore,
30 et praecedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Aegyptiorum
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so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus sapientior Aethan Ezraita et Heman et Chalcal et Dorda filiis Maol et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum
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For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ez'rahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
32 locutus est quoque Salomon tria milia parabolas et fuerunt carmina eius quinque et mille
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He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 et disputavit super lignis a cedro quae est in Libano usque ad hysopum quae egreditur de pariete et disseruit de iumentis et volucribus et reptilibus et piscibus
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He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
34 et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis et ab universis regibus terrae qui audiebant sapientiam eius
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And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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