1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:3-12

3Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, court historian;

4Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar, priests;

5Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the deputies; Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;

6Ahishar, in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.

7Solomon had twelve deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.

8These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

10Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (he had Socoh and the whole land of Hepher);

11Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);

12Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

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