3 Kings 4:21
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.
The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- 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.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 3 Kings 2:46
- καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν τῷ Βαναιὰ υἱῷ Ἰωδᾶε, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν. (46a) Καὶ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν φρόνιμος σφόδρα καὶ σοφός· καὶ Ἰουδὰ καὶ Ἰσραὴλ πολλοὶ σφόδρα ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ χαίροντες. (46b) καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἦν ἄρχων ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις, καὶ ἦσαν προσφέροντες δῶρα καὶ ἐδούλευον τῷ Σαλωμὼν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ. (46c) καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἤρξατο ἀνοίγειν τὰ δυναστεύματα τοῦ Λιβάνου· (46d) καὶ αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν τὴν Θερμαὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. (46e) καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἄριστον τῷ Σαλωμών· τριάκοντα κόροι σεμιδάλεως καὶ ἑξήκοντα κόροι ἀλεύρου κεκοπανισμένου, δέκα μόσχοι ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ εἴκοσι βόες νομάδες καὶ ἑκατὸν πρόβατα, ἐκτὸς ἐλάφων καὶ δορκάδων καὶ ὀρνίθων ἐκλεκτῶν νομάδων. (46f) οὐκ ἦν ἄρχων ἐν παντὶ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀπὸ Ῥαφεὶ ἕως Γάζης, ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ; (46g) καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ εἰρήνη ἐκ πάντων τῶν μερῶν αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν· καὶ κατῴκει Ἰουδὰ καὶ Ἰσραὴλ πεποιθότες, ἕκαστος ὑπὸ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες ἀπὸ Δὰν καὶ ἕως Βηρσάβεε πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Σαλωμών. (46h) καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ Σαλωμών· Ἀζαριοὺ υἱὸς Σαδὼκ τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ Ὀρνειοὺ υἱὸς Ναθάν, ἄρχων τῶν ἐφεστηκότων, καὶ ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· καὶ Σουβὰ γραμματεύς, καὶ Βασὰ υἱὸς Ἀχειθάλαμ ἀναμιμνήσκων, καὶ Ἀβεὶ υἱὸς Ἰωὰβ ἀρχιστράτηγος, καὶ Ἀχειρὲ υἱὸς Ἐδραεὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ἄρσεις, καὶ Βαναιὰ υἱὸς Ἰωδᾶε ἐπὶ τῆς αὐλαρχίας καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ πλινθείου, καὶ Καχοὺρ υἱὸς Ναθὰν ὁ σύμβουλος. (46i) καὶ ἦσαν τῷ Σαλωμὼν τεσσεράκοντα χιλιάδες τοκάδες ἵπποι εἰς ἅρματα, καὶ δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἵππων· (46k) καὶ ἦν ἄρχων ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἕως γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἕως ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου. (46l) Σαλωμὼν υἱὸς Δαυεὶδ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰουδὰ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from 3 Kings 5:1
- וּשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה הָיָ֤ה מוֹשֵׁל֙ בְּכָל הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת מִן הַנָּהָר֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְעַ֖ד גְּב֣וּל מִצְרָ֑יִם מַגִּשִׁ֥ים מִנְחָ֛ה וְעֹבְדִ֥ים אֶת שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה כָּל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו
Haydock's commentary
The river. Euphrates. (Challoner)
To, or "of the land," terræ. (Haydock)
This river may denote the torrent Besor, as Solomon's dominions extended not only as far as Gaza, but also to the oriental branch of the Nile, ver. 24. Thus one verse explains the other. There were, indeed, no kingdoms (Calmet) in this portion of land, which is now quite barren: but formerly it had several cities, and they belonged to various kings of Egypt, Arabia, the Philistines, &c. (Haydock)
Hebrew may be rendered "from the river, (Euphrates) the land of the Philistines, and to the border," &c., (Calmet) agreeably to 2 Paralipomenon ix. 26. He exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land, &c. Hebrew, "the river even unto," &c. Solomon had all the kings of Syria, Ammon, the Philistines, &c., under him; so that his empire took in all that had been promised to Abraham. (Haydock) See St. Augustine, q. 21. (Josue)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.