1 Kings 4:7-23

New International Version

⁷Solomon had twelve district governors^(A) over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year. ⁸These are their names:

Ben-Hur—in the hill country^(B) of Ephraim;

⁹Ben-Deker—in Makaz, Shaalbim,^(C) Beth Shemesh^(D) and Elon Bethhanan;

¹⁰Ben-Hesed—in Arubboth (Sokoh^(E) and all the land of Hepher^(F) were his);

¹¹Ben-Abinadab—in Naphoth Dor^(G) (he was married to Taphath daughter of Solomon);

¹²Baana son of Ahilud—in Taanach and Megiddo, and in all of Beth Shan^(H) next to Zarethan^(I) below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah^(J) across to Jokmeam;^(K)

¹³Ben-Geber—in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair^(L) son of Manasseh in Gilead^(M) were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities^(N) with bronze gate bars);

¹⁴Ahinadab son of Iddo—in Mahanaim;^(O)

¹⁵Ahimaaz^(P)—in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);

¹⁶Baana son of Hushai^(Q)—in Asher and in Aloth;

¹⁷Jehoshaphat son of Paruah—in Issachar;

¹⁸Shimei^(R) son of Ela—in Benjamin;

¹⁹Geber son of Uri—in Gilead (the country of Sihon^(S) king of the Amorites and the country of Og^(T) king of Bashan). He was the only governor over the district.

Solomon’s Daily Provisions

²⁰The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand^(U) on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.^(V) ²¹And Solomon ruled^(W) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River^(X) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.^(Y) These countries brought tribute^(Z) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

²²Solomon’s daily provisions^(AA) were thirty cors^[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors^[b] of meal, ²³ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.^(AB)

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Footnotes

1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons

1 Kings 4:27

New International Version

²⁷The district governors,^(A) each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

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1 Kings 4:27 in all English translations