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1 Kings 4:8
8These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim;
1 Kings 4:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
- New International Version (NIV)These are their names: Ben-Hur—in the hill country of Ephraim;
- English Standard Version (ESV)These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
- New King James Version (NKJV)These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
Context of 1 Kings 4:8
6Ahishar was in charge of the household (palace); and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. 7Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elon-beth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
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וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם בֶּן־ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:8
- Judges 17:1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.
- Judges 19:1Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8In this arrangement of the territory into twelve portions, the divisions of the tribes seem to have been adopted as far as could be managed without unfairness. The prefecture of Ben-Hur corresponded nearly to the territory of Ephraim; that of Ben-Dekar to Dan; that of Ben-Hesed to Judah; those of Ben-Abinadab and Baana to Cis-Jordanic Manasseh; that of Ben-Geber to Manasseh beyond Jordan; of Abinadab to Gad; of Ahimaaz to Naphtali; of Baanah to Asher; of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-19The twelve district governors likely managed smaller tasks, like collecting taxes and supplying food for the king's household. Solomon's twelve districts did not match the old tribal areas exactly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The son of Hur--or, as the Margin has it, Benhur, Bendekar. In the rural parts of Syria, and among the Arabs, it is still common to designate persons not by their own names, but as the sons of their fathers.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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