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Solomon appointed twelve men as district governors in Israel. They were to provide food from their districts for the king and his household, each man being responsible for one month out of the year.
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The following are the names of these twelve officers and the districts they were in charge of: Benhur: the hill country of Ephraim
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Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan
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Benhesed: the cities of Arubboth and Socoh and all the territory of Hepher
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Benabinadab, who was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath: the whole region of Dor
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Baana son of Ahilud: the cities of Taanach, Megiddo, and all the region near Beth Shan, near the town of Zarethan, south of the town of Jezreel, as far as the city of Abel Meholah and the city of Jokmeam
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Bengeber: the city of Ramoth in Gilead, and the villages in Gilead belonging to the clan of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, and the region of Argob in Bashan, sixty large towns in all, fortified with walls and with bronze bars on the gates
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Ahinadab son of Iddo: the district of Mahanaim
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Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali
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Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth
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Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar
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Shimei son of Ela: the territory of Benjamin
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Geber son of Uri: the region of Gilead, which had been ruled by King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan Besides these twelve, there was one governor over the whole land.
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The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore; they ate and drank, and were happy.
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Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
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The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal;
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10 stall-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and poultry.
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Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him, and he was at peace with all the neighboring countries.
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As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.
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Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.
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His twelve governors, each one in the month assigned to him, supplied the food King Solomon needed for himself and for all who ate in the palace; they always supplied everything needed.