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1 Kings 4:7-14 Common English Bible (CEB)

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;

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