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Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
8
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;
10
Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
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Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
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