1 Kings 4:1-19

The Voice

4 King Solomon reigned over Israel, and these are the men who helped him do so. ² The following were his officers and administrators: The priest was Azariah (Zadok’s son); ³ the secretaries were Elihoreph and Ahijah (Shisha’s sons); the recorder was Jehoshaphat (Ahilud’s son); ⁴ the commander of the army was Benaiah (Jehoiada’s son); the priests were Zadok and Abiathar; ⁵ the commander of all the administrators was Azariah (Nathan’s son); the king’s confidant and priest was Zabud (Nathan’s son); ⁶ the household manager was Ahishar; the commander of the compulsory labor force was Adoniram (Abda’s son).

⁷ Solomon commissioned 12 administrators over the entire community of Israel. They each gave provisions for the king and his house. Each administrator provided supplies for one month out of every year. ⁸ The following were his administrators: Ben-hur from the hills of Ephraim; ⁹ Ben-deker from Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; ¹⁰ Ben-hesed from Arubboth (he possessed Socoh and all of Hepher); ¹¹ Ben-abinadab from the height of Dor (he was married to Taphath, Solomon’s daughter); ¹² Baana (Ahilud’s son) from Taanach, Megiddo, and Beth-shean, which is next to Zarethan below Jezreel (from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah) all the way to the far end of Jokmeam; ¹³ Ben-geber (Manasseh’s son) from Ramoth-gilead, which is the whole of all the towns of Jair, the towns in Gilead, the sector of Argob in Bashan, and 60 large cities which were fortified by walls and bronze bars; ¹⁴ Ahinadab (Iddo’s son) from Mahanaim; ¹⁵ Ahimaaz from Naphtali (Ahimaaz was married to Basemath, Solomon’s daughter); ¹⁶ Baana (Hushai’s son) from Asher and Bealoth; ¹⁷ Jehoshaphat (Paruah’s son) from Issachar; ¹⁸ Shimei (Ela’s son) from Benjamin; ¹⁹ and finally Geber (Uri’s son) from Gilead (the land of Sihon the Amorite king, and the land of Og, Bashan’s king). Geber was the only administrator who lived in the country.