Solomon's Officials
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So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
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And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; a Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
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b Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and c Abiathar, the priests;
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Azariah the son of Nathan, over d the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, e a priest and f the king's friend;
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Ahishar, over the household; and g Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.
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And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.
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These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
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BenDeker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
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BenHesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;
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BenAbinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
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Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam;
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BenGeber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged h the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged i the region of Argob in Bashan - sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;
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Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
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j Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;
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Baanah the son of k Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
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l Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;
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Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in m the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 8:16
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
2 Samuel 20:24
Adoram was in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
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Cross References
1 Kings 2:35
The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
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Cross References
1 Kings 2:27
So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
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Cross References
1 Kings 4:7
And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
2 Samuel 20:26
And Ira the Jairite was a chief minister under David.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 15:37
So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16:16
And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, " Long live the king! Long live the king!
1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion.
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Cross References
1 Kings 5:14
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.
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Cross References
Numbers 32:41
Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.
1 Chronicles 2:22
Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:4
And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, " Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 15:32
Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God - there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion.
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Cross References
1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:8 - 10
And at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon
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