7 Now Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who sustained the king and his household; each man had to sustain them for a month in the year. 8 These are their names:
Ben-hur, in the ahill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker in Makaz and aShaalbim and bBeth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (aSocoh was his and all the land of bHepher);
11 Ben-abinadab, in all the aheight of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);
12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in aTaanach and Megiddo, and all bBeth-shean which is beside cZarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to dAbel-meholah as far as the other side of eJokmeam;
13 Ben-geber, in aRamoth-gilead (now bHavvoth-Jair—Jair being the son of Manasseh—which is in Gilead was his: cthe region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in aMahanaim;
15 aAhimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
16 Baana the son of aHushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 aShimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, athe country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.
Judah’s and Israel’s Abundance and Security
20 aJudah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and being glad.
21 aNow Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms bfrom the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; cthey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.