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1 Kings 4:11

Verse 11 of 34. The 4th of 22 chapters in 1 Kings, in History.

7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

8These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

9Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

10Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);

12Baana 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;

13Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);

14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.