7. Solomon placed twelve governors over the districts of Israel, who gathered food from their districts for the king and his family. Each governor was responsible for bringing food to the king one month of each year.
8. These are the names of the twelve governors:Ben-Hur was governor of the mountain country of Ephraim.
9. Ben-Deker was governor of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Bethhanan.
10. Ben-Hesed was governor of Arubboth, Socoh, and all the land of Hepher.
11. Ben-Abinadab was governor of Naphoth Dor. (He was married to Taphath, Solomon’s daughter.)
12. Baana son of Ahilud was governor of Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan. This was below Jezreel from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across from Jokmeam.
13. Ben-Geber was governor of Ramoth in Gilead. (He was governor of all the towns of Jair in Gilead. Jair was the son of Manasseh. Ben-Geber was also over the district of Argob in Bashan, which had sixty large, walled cities with bronze bars on their gates.)
14. Ahinadab son of Iddo was governor of Mahanaim.
15. Ahimaaz was governor of Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, Solomon’s daughter.)
16. Baana son of Hushai was governor of Asher and Aloth.
17. Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was governor of Issachar.
18. Shimei son of Ela was governor of Benjamin.
19. Geber son of Uri was governor of Gilead. Gilead had been the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan. But Geber was the only governor over this district.
20. There were as many people in Judah and Israel as 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 Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought Solomon the payments he demanded, and they were under his control all his life.
22. Solomon needed much food each day to feed himself and all the people who ate at his table: one hundred ninety-five bushels of fine flour, three hundred ninety bushels of grain,