OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

1 Kings 4:5

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Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

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1 Kings 4:2–8

2

These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

3

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

4

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

6

Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

7

Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

8

These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

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