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* Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel . * And these were the princes whom he had : ‘Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest ; * Elichoreph and Achiyah , the sons of Shisha , scribes ; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud , the recorder ; * And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada ’ over the army ; and Zadok and Ebyathar priests ; * And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents ; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king ’s friend ; * And Achishar was over the household ; and Adoniram the son of ‘Abda was over the tribute . * And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel , who provided for the king and his household : one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions . * And these are their names : Ben –chur on the mountain of Ephraim ; * Ben –deker , in Makaz , and in Sha ’albim , and Beth –shemesh , and Elon –beth –chanan ; * Ben –chessed , in Arubboth ; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher ; * Ben –abinadab , in all the district of Dor ; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife ; * Ba ’ana the son of Achilud in Tha ’anach and Megiddo , and all Beth –shean , which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre ’el , from Beth –shean to Abel –mecholah , as far as beyond Yokme ’am ; * Ben –geber , in Ramoth –gil ’ad ; to him pertained the villages of Ya ’ir the son of Menasseh , which are in Gil ’ad ; to him also pertained the region of Argob , which is in Bashan , sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars ; * Achinadab the son of ‘Iddo in Machanayim ; * Achima ’az in Naphtali ; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife ; * Ba ’anah the son of Chushai in Asher and in Be ’aloth ; * Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach , in Issachar ; * Shim ’i the son of Ela , in Benjamin ; * Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gil ’ad , the country of Sichon the king of the Emorites , and of ‘Og the king of Bashan ; besides the one superintendent who was in the land . * Judah and Israel were numerous , as the sand which is by the sea in multitude ; and they ate and drank , and made merry . * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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