1 Kings 4:8

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

1 Kings 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:8

And these [are] their names
Or rather the names of their fathers; for of many of them not their own names but their fathers' names are given, as being well known:

the son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim;
a fruitful country in the tribe of Ephraim, from whence this officer was to furnish the king with provisions for one month in the year.

1 Kings 4:8 In-Context

6 and Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of `Avda was over the men subject to forced labor.

7 Shlomo had twelve officers over all Yisra'el, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

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

9 Ben-Deker, in Makatz, and in Sha`alvim, and Beit-Shemesh, and Elon-Beit-Hanan;

10 Ben-Hesed, in Arubbot (to him [pertained] Sokho, and all the land of Hefer);