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and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
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Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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Azariah son of Nathan was over the officials; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;
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Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
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Solomon had twelve officials over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one had to make provision for one month in the year.
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These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
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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, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
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Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;