⁷Solomon appointed twelve men as district governors in Israel. They were to provide food from their districts for the king and his household, each man being responsible for one month out of the year. ⁸The following are the names of these twelve officers and the districts they were in charge of:

Benhur: the hill country of Ephraim

⁹Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan

¹⁰Benhesed: the cities of Arubboth and Socoh and all the territory of Hepher

¹¹Benabinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath: the whole region of Dor

¹²Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam

¹³Bengeber: the city of Ramoth in Gilead, and the villages in Gilead belonging to the clan of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, and the region of Argob in Bashan, sixty large towns in all, fortified with walls and with bronze bars on the gates

¹⁴Ahinadab son of Iddo: the district of Mahanaim

¹⁵Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters: the territory of Naphtali

¹⁶Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth

¹⁷Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar

¹⁸Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin

¹⁹Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan

Besides these twelve, there was one governor over the whole land.

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