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

6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labour. 7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: 10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

1 Kings 4:8 word by word

וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם בֶּן־ח֖וּר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear

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

Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:8

• Judges 17:1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
• Judges 19:1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

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