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Solomon had 12 officers with authority in the regions of Israel. They supplied food for the king and for the people who lived in his palace. Each officer had to supply food to the king for one month in each year. These are their names:

Ben-Hur had authority in Ephraim's hill country.

Ben-Deker had authority in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan.

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And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

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And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year. These are their names: [a]Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim; [b]Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:8 Lit. Son of Hur
  2. 1 Kings 4:9 Lit. Son of Deker