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Chapter 4

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And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
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and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host;
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and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers;
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and Ahishar was over the household;
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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.
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And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
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the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
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the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;
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the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
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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;
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the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages 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;
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Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
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Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
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Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
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Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
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Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land.
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Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
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