1. And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5. and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king’s friend;
6. and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
7. And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8. And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
9. Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10. Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
11. Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
12. Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
13. Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);