1 Kings 4
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1 Kings 4:7-19

7SolomonH8010 had twelveH8147H6240 deputiesH5324 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478, who providedH3557 foodH3557 for the kingH4428 and his householdH1004; eachH259 deputy hadH1961H5921 to provideH3557 foodH3557 for a monthH2320 in the yearH8141. 8And theseH428 were their namesH8034: Ben-hurH1133, in the 1hillH2022 countryH2022 of EphraimH669; 9Ben-dekerH1128 in MakazH4739 and 2ShaalbimH8169, and 3Beth-shemeshH1053, and Elonbeth-hananH358; 10Ben-hesedH1136 in ArubbothH700 (4SocohH7755 was his and allH3605 the landH776 of 5HepherH2660); 11Ben-abinadabH1125 in allH3605 6the 7hillsH5299 of DorH1756 (TaphathH2955 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010 was his wifeH802); 12BaanaH1195 the sonH1121 of AhiludH286 in 8TaanachH8590 and MegiddoH4023, and allH3605 9Beth-sheanH1052 whichH834 is besideH681 10ZarethanH6891 belowH4480H8478 JezreelH3157, from Beth-sheanH1052 to 11Abel-meholahH65 as farH5704 as the otherH5676 sideH5676 of 12JokmeamH3361; 13Ben-geberH1127 in 13Ramoth-gileadH7433 (14the villagesH2333 of JairH2971, the sonH1121 of ManassehH4519, whichH834 are in GileadH1568 were his: 15the regionH2256 of ArgobH709, whichH834 is in BashanH1316, sixtyH8346 greatH1419 citiesH5892 with wallsH2346 and bronzeH5178 barsH1280 were his); 14AhinadabH292 the sonH1121 of IddoH5714 in 16MahanaimH4266; 1517AhimaazH290 in NaphtaliH5321 (he alsoH1571 marriedH3947H802 BasemathH1315 the daughterH1323 of SolomonH8010); 16BaanaH1195 the sonH1121 of 18HushaiH2365 in AsherH836 and 19BealothH1175; 17JehoshaphatH3092 the sonH1121 of ParuahH6515 in IssacharH3485; 1820ShimeiH8096 the sonH1121 of ElaH414 in BenjaminH1144; 19GeberH1398 the sonH1121 of UriH221 in the landH776 of GileadH1568, 21the countryH776 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567 and of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316; and he was the onlyH259 deputyH5333 whoH834 was in the landH776.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 4:8 Josh 24:33 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 4:9 Judg 1:35 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 4:9 Josh 21:16 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 15:35 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 4:10 Josh 12:17 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 4:11 Or Naphoth-dor ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 4:11 Josh 11:1, 2 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 4:12 Judg 5:19 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 17:11 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 4:12 Josh 3:16 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 4:12 1 Chr 6:68 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 4:13 1 Kin 22:3-15 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 4:13 Num 32:41 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 4:13 Deut 3:4 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Kings 4:14 Josh 13:26 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Kings 4:15 2 Sam 15:27 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Kings 4:16 2 Sam 15:32 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Kings 4:16 Or in Aloth ↩
  20. 20. 1 Kings 4:18 1 Kin 1:8 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Kings 4:19 Deut 3:8-10 ↩

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