1Kings:4:1-19

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* So King Solomon was king over all Israel . * And these were his officials : Azariah the son of Zadok , the priest ; * Elihoreph and Ahijah , the sons of Shisha , scribes ; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , the recorder ; * Benaiah the son of Jehoiada , over the army ; Zadok and Abiathar , the priests ; * Azariah the son of Nathan , over the officers ; Zabud the son of Nathan , a priest and the king 's friend ; * Ahishar , over the household ; and Adoniram the son of Abda , over the labor force . * And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel , who provided food for the king and his household ; each one made provision for one month of the year . * These are their names : Ben-Hur , in the mountains of Ephraim ; * Ben-Deker , in Makaz , Shaalbim , Beth Shemesh , and Elon Beth Hanan ; * Ben-Hesed , in Arubboth ; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher ; * Ben-Abinadab , in all the regions of Dor ; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife ; * Baana the son of Ahilud , in Taanach , Megiddo , and all Beth Shean , which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel , from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah , as far as the other side of Jokneam ; * Ben-Geber , in Ramoth Gilead ; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh , in Gilead ; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan--sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars ; * Ahinadab the son of Iddo , in Mahanaim ; * Ahimaaz , in Naphtali ; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife ; * Baanah the son of Hushai , in Asher and Aloth ; * Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah , in Issachar ; * Shimei the son of Elah , in Benjamin ; * Geber the son of Uri , in the land of Gilead , in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites , and of Og king of Bashan . He was the only governor who was in the land .

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