1 Kings 4:17

17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, was in Issachar;

1 Kings 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:17

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar.
] In the tribe of Issachar; he had the whole tribe at his command to make a monthly provision out of for the king once a year, as had the preceding officer and the following one.

1 Kings 4:17 In-Context

15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali, but also he had Basmath, the daughter of Solomon, in wedlock;

16 Baanah, the son of Hushai, was in Asher, and in Aloth;

17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, was in Issachar;

18 Shimei, the son of Elah, was in Benjamin:

19 Geber, the son of Uri, was in the land of Gilead, and in the land of Sihon, king of Amorites, and (in the land) of Og, king of Bashan, and upon all things that were in that land.