1 Kings 4:8

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 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. Their 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.

1 Kings 4:8 word by word

וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם בֶּן־ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• their namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• The son of Hurבֶּן־חוּרben-chûr · Ben-hurH1133
• in mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669

Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:8

• Judges 17:1There was a man named Micah from the mountain region of Ephraim.
• Judges 19:1In those days when Israel didn’t have a king, there was a Levite who lived in a remote area in the mountains of Ephraim. He took a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.

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

Topics related to 1 Kings 4:8

• Canaan
• Commissary
• Hur
• King
• Officer
• Purveyor
• Rulers
• Solomon
• Tax

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Mount Ephraim
• Region
• Solomon
• Abishag
• Ben-Hur
• Deer
• Genealogy
• Horse
• Hur

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