4. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army;Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5. Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors;Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
6. Ahishar was responsible for everything in the palace;Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the slaves.
7. Solomon placed 12 governors over the districts of Israel. They had to gather food from their districts. Then they were to give it to the king and his family. Each governor was responsible for giving food to the king one month of each year.
8. These are the names of the 12 governors:Ben-Hur was governor over the mountain country of Ephraim.
9. Ben-Deker was governor over Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan.
10. Ben-Hesed was governor over Arubboth, Socoh and Hepher.
11. Ben-Abinadab was governor over Naphoth Dor. (He was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon.)
12. Baana son of Ahilud was governor over Taanach, Megiddo and all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan. (This was below Jezreel from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across Jokmeam.)
13. Ben-Geber was governor over Ramoth in Gilead. (He was governor over all the Towns of Jair in Gilead. Jair was the son of Manasseh. Ben-Geber was also over the district of Argob in Bashan. It had 60 large, walled cities with bronze bars on their gates.)
14. Ahinadab son of Iddo was governor over Mahanaim.
15. Ahimaaz was governor over Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath daughter of Solomon.)
16. Baana son of Hushai was governor over Asher and Aloth.
17. Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was governor over Issachar.
18. Shimei son of Ela was governor over Benjamin.
19. Geber son of Uri was governor over Gilead. (Gilead was the country where Sihon king of the Amorite people lived. Og king of Bashan also lived there.) But Geber was the only governor over the district.
20. There were many people in Judah and Israel. There were as many people as there were grains of sand on the seashore. The people ate, drank and were happy.
21. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistine people. His kingdom went as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought Solomon the payments he demanded. And they obeyed him all his life.
22. Solomon needed much food each day to feed himself and all the people who ate at his table. It took 185 bushels of fine flour and 375 bushels of meal.
23. It also took 10 cows that were fed good grain, 20 cows that were raised in the fields and 100 sheep. And it took 3 different kinds of deer and fat birds.
24. Solomon ruled over all the countries west of the Euphrates River. This was the land from Tiphsah to Gaza. And Solomon had peace on all sides of his kingdom.