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King Solomon now ruled over all Israel, and these were his high officials:
Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were court secretaries.
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army.
Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors.
Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king.
Ahishar was manager of the palace property.
Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of forced labor.
Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel.
They were responsible for providing food for the king’s household. Each
of them arranged provisions for one month of the year. These are the
names of the twelve governors:
en-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan.
Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, including Socoh and all the land of Hepher.
Ben-abinadab, in all of Naphoth-dor. (He was married to Taphath, one
of Solomon’s daughters.)
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near
Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to
Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
Ben-geber, in R amoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for
Jair of the tribe of Manasseh) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of
Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on
their gates.
Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of
Solomon’s daughters.)
Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar.
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, including the territories of
King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan.
There was also one governor over the land of Judah.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They were very contented, with plenty to eat and drink. Solomon
ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the
land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered