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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 4:7 in context
1 Kings 4:4–10
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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;
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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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Selected verse
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.
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These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
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Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
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