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1 Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel.

2 And these were the princes whom he had: ‘Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest;

3 Elichoreph and Achiyah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, the recorder;

4 And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ over the army; and Zadok and Ebyathar priests;

5 And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king’s friend;

6 And Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of ‘Abda was over the tribute.

7 And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions.

8 And these are their names: Ben–chur on the mountain of Ephraim;

9 Ben–deker, in Makaz, and in Sha’albim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–chanan;

10 Ben–chessed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher;

11 Ben–abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

12 Ba’ana the son of Achilud in Tha’anach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre’el, from Beth–shean to Abel–mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme’am;

13 Ben–geber, in Ramoth–gil’ad; to him pertained the villages of Ya’ir the son of Menasseh, which are in Gil’ad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars;

14 Achinadab the son of ‘Iddo in Machanayim;

15 Achima’az in Naphtali; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

16 Ba’anah the son of Chushai in Asher and in Be’aloth;

17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach, in Issachar;

18 Shim’i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

19 Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gil’ad, the country of Sichon the king of the Emorites, and of ‘Og the king of Bashan; besides the one superintendent who was in the land.

20 Judah and Israel were numerous, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude; and they ate and drank, and made merry.