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1 Kings 4:4-12 Amplified Bible (AMP)

4. Benaiah son of Jehoiada commanded the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

5. Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and the king's friend and private advisor;

6. Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

7. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in a year.

8. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9. Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

10. Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);

11. Ben-abinadab, in Naphoth-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as wife);

12. Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam;

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