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1 Kings 4:7-19

7AndSolomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞הve.lish.lo.MohH8010hadtwelveofficersoverallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whoprovidedH3557victualsforthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andhishouseholdבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004:eachmanhadtomake provisionforamonthחֹ֧דֶשׁCho.deshH2320intheyearבַּשָּׁנָ֛הba.sha.NahH8141.

8AndthesearetheirnamesH8034:Ben-hur,inthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ ס'ef.Ra.yimH669;

9Ben-deker,inMakaz,andinShaalbimוּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖יםu.ve.sha.'al.VimH8169,andBeth-shemeshH1053,andElon-beth-hanan;

10Ben-hesed,inArubboth(tohimpertainedSocohשֹׂכֹ֖הso.KhohH7755,andallthelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofHepherחֵֽפֶר׃ סChe.ferH2660);

11Ben-abinadab,inalltheheightofDorדֹּ֑ארDorH1756(hehadTaphaththedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohH8010towifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802);

12Baanaבַּֽעֲנָא֙ba.'a.Na'H1195thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhiludאֲחִיל֔וּד'a.chi.LudH286,inTaanachתַּעְנַ֖ךְta'.NakhH8590andMegiddoוּמְגִדּ֑וֹu.me.gi.DoH4023,andallBeth-sheanH1052whichisbesideZarethanצָרְתַ֜נָהtza.re.Ta.nahH6891,beneathJezreelלְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלle.yiz.re.'ElH3157,fromBeth-sheanH1052toAbel-meholahH65,asfarasbeyondJokmeamלְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ סle.ya.ke.mo.'AmH3361;

13Ben-geber,inRamoth-gilead(tohimpertainedthetownsofJairיָאִ֨ירya.'IrH2971thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֜הme.na.ShehH4519,whichareinGileadH1568;eventohimpertainedtheregionofArgob,whichisinBashanבַּבָּשָׁ֔ןba.ba.ShanH1316, threescoregreatH1419citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892withwallsחוֹמָ֖הcho.MahH2346andbrazenbarsוּבְרִ֥יחַu.ve.Ri.achH1280);

14Ahinadabthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIddoעִדֹּ֖א'i.Do'H5714,inMahanaimמַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃ma.cha.Na.ye.mahH4266;

15Ahimaazאֲחִימַ֖עַץ'a.chi.Ma.'atzH290,inNaphtaliבְּנַפְתָּלִ֑יbe.naf.ta.LiH5321(healsoגַּם־gam-H1571tookH3947Basemathבָּשְׂמַ֥תba.se.MatH1315thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010towifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802);

16Baanaבַּֽעֲנָא֙ba.'a.Na'H1195thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHushaiחוּשָׁ֔יchu.ShaiH2365,inAsherבְּאָשֵׁ֖רbe.'a.SherH836andBealothוּבְעָלֽוֹת׃ סu.ve.'a.LotH1175;

17Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טye.ho.sha.FatH3092thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofParuah,inIssacharבְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ סbe.yi.so.sh.KharH3485;

18Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֥יshim.'IH8096thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofEla,inBenjaminבְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סbe.vin.ya.MinH1144;

19Geberthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofUriאֻרִ֖י'u.RiH221,inthelandH776ofGileadגִּלְעָ֑דgil.'AdH1568,thecountryofSihonסִיח֣וֹן׀si.ChonH5511kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428oftheAmoritesH567andofOgוְעֹג֙ve.'OgH5747kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBashanהַבָּשָׁ֔ןha.ba.ShanH1316;andhewastheonlyofficerthatwasinthelandH776.

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