1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:2-19

2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,1 3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.23 4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend: 6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.4

7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. 8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:5 9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:6 10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:7 11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:8 12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 13The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:9 14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:10 15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 4:2 priest: or, chief officer ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 4:3 scribes: or, secretaries ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 4:3 recorder: or, remembrancer ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 4:6 tribute: or, levy ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 4:8 The son…: or, Ben–hur ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 4:9 The son…: or, Ben–dekar ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 4:10 The son…: or, Ben–hesed ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 4:11 The son…: or, Ben–abinadab ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 4:13 The son…: or, Ben–geber ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 4:14 Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim ↩

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