1 Kings 4:8

8 These [are] their names: Ben-Hur [was] in the hill country of Ephraim.

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 Ahishar [was] over the palace, and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the forced labor.

7 Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his palace, {each one was to sustain for each month of the year}.

8 These [are] their names: Ben-Hur [was] in the hill country of Ephraim.

9 Ben-Deker [was] in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Beth-Shemesh and Elon of Beth-Hanan.

10 Ben-Hesed [was] in the Arubbot; Socoh and all the land of Hepher [were] his.