Chapter 4

¹ And King Solomon reigned over Israel. ² And these [are] the princes which he had; Azariah son of Zadok. ³ Elihoreph, and Ahijah son of Shisha, scribes; and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, recorder. ⁴ And Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [were] priests. ⁵ And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [was] the king’s friend. ⁶ And Ahishar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.

3Kgdms 4:1-6

⁷ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one’s turn came to supply for a month in the year. ⁸ And these [were] their names: Ben the son of Hur in the mount of Ephraim, one. ⁹ The son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon as far as Beth-hanan, one. ¹⁰ The son of Hesed in Arubboth; his [was] Socoh, and all the land of Hepher. ¹¹ All Naphath-dor [belonged to] the son of Abinadab, Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one. ¹² Baana son of Ahilud [had] Taanach, and Megiddo, and [his was] the whole house of Shean which was by Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean as far as Abel-meholah, as far as Maeber Lucam, one. ¹³ The son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead, to him [fell] the lot of Argob in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one. ¹⁴ Ahinadab son of Iddo, [had] Mahanaim. ¹⁵ Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali, and he took Basemath daughter of Solomon to wife, one. ¹⁶ Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Bealoth, one, ¹⁷ Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin. ¹⁸ Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, [the land] of Sihon king of Heshbon, and of Og king of Bashan, and one officer in the land of Judah. ¹⁹ Jehoshaphat son of Paruah [was] in Issachar.

3Kgdms 4:7-19