1 Kings 4:2–19

²these were his officials: 

Azariah, son of Zadok, was the ⸤chief⸥ priest. 

³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes. 

Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was the royal historian. 

⁴Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was commander of the army. 

Zadok and Abiathar were priests. 

⁵Azariah, son of Nathan, was in charge of the district governors. 

Zabud, son of Nathan, was the king’s adviser. 

⁶Ahishar was in charge of the palace. 

Adoniram, son of Abda, was in charge of forced labor. 

⁷Solomon appointed 12 district governors in Israel. They were to provide food for the king and his palace. Each one had to supply food for one month every year. ⁸Their names were 

Benhur, who was in charge of the hills of Ephraim, 

⁹Bendeker, who was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan, and 

¹⁰Benhesed, who was in charge of Arubboth, Socoh, and the entire region of Hepher. 

¹¹Benabinadab had the entire region of Dor. 

(Solomon’s daughter Taphath was his wife.) 

¹²Baana, son of Ahilud, had Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth Shean. 

(This was near Zarethan, below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah and over to Jokmeam.) 

¹³Bengeber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he had the settlements of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, in Gilead. 

He ⸤also⸥ had the territory of Argob in Bashan, 60 large cities with walls and bronze bars across their gates. 

¹⁴Ahinadab, son of Iddo, was in charge of Mahanaim. 

¹⁵Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. 

(He also married Solomon’s daughter Basemath.) 

¹⁶Baana, son of Hushai, was in charge of Asher and Aloth. 

¹⁷Jehoshaphat, son of Paruah, was in charge of Issachar. 

¹⁸Shimei, son of Ela, was in charge of Benjamin. 

¹⁹Geber, son of Uri, was in charge of Gilead, the territory of King Sihon the Amorite and King Og of Bashan. (There was only one governor in that territory.)^a