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So King Solomon was king over all Israel .
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And these were his officials :
Azariah the son of Zadok ,
the priest ;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah ,
the sons of Shisha ,
scribes ;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud ,
the recorder ;
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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
over the army ;
Zadok and Abiathar ,
the priests ;
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Azariah the son of Nathan ,
over the officers ;
Zabud the son of Nathan ,
a priest and the king '
s friend ;
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Ahishar ,
over the household ;
and Adoniram the son of Abda ,
over the labor force .
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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 .
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These are their names :
Ben-Hur ,
in the mountains of Ephraim ;
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Ben-Deker ,
in Makaz ,
Shaalbim ,
Beth Shemesh ,
and Elon Beth Hanan ;
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Ben-Hesed ,
in Arubboth ;
to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher ;
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Ben-Abinadab ,
in all the regions of Dor ;
he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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Ahinadab the son of Iddo ,
in Mahanaim ;
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Ahimaaz ,
in Naphtali ;
he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife ;
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Baanah the son of Hushai ,
in Asher and Aloth ;
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah ,
in Issachar ;
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Shimei the son of Elah ,
in Benjamin ;
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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 .