1 Kings 4:3-12

3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was the royal historian.

4Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

5Azariah, son of Nathan, was in charge of the district governors. Zabud, son of Nathan, was the king’s adviser.

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

7Solomon appointed 12 district governors in Israel. They were to provide food for the king and his palace. Each one had to supply food for one month every year.

8Their names were Benhur, who was in charge of the hills of Ephraim,

9Bendeker, who was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan, and

10Benhesed, who was in charge of Arubboth, Socoh, and the entire region of Hepher.

11Benabinadab had the entire region of Dor. (Solomon’s daughter Taphath was his wife.)

12Baana, son of Ahilud, had Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth Shean. (This was near Zarethan, below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah and over to Jokmeam.)