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1 Kings - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
- Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;
- and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
- and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
- And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
- And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
- Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.
- Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
- Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.
- Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.
- Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
- Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim.
- Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
- Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.
- Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar.
- Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
- Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and he was the only superintendent that was in the land.
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
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