OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

1 Kings 4:6

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

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1 Kings 4:3–9

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;

5

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

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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;

9

Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

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