2. These were his officials: the priest Azariah, Zadok’s son;
3. the scribes Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha; Jehoshaphat, the recorder, Ahilud’s son;
4. the general Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son; the priests Zadok and Abiathar;
5. Azariah, Nathan’s son, who was in charge of the officials; Zabud, Nathan’s son, a priest and royal friend;
6. Ahishar, who was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram, Abda’s son, who was supervisor of the work gangs.
7. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel. They supplied the king and his palace with food. Each would provide the supplies for one month per year.
8. Here are their names:Ben-hur in the highlands of Ephraim;
9. Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan;
10. Ben-hesed in Arubboth, who had Socoh and all the land of Hepher;
11. Ben-abinadab in all of Naphath-dor (Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, was his wife);
12. Baana, Ahilud’s son, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and over to the region opposite Jokmeam;
13. Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, who controlled the villages of Jair, Manasseh’s son, which were in Gilead, and who had the Argob region that was in Bashan—sixty large walled cities with bronze bars;
14. Ahinadab, Iddo’s son, in Mahanaim;