1. KING SOLOMON was king over all Israel.
2. These were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the [high] priest;
3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;
4. Benaiah son of Jehoiada commanded the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5. Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and the king's friend and private advisor;
6. Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in a year.
8. These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9. Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10. Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
11. Ben-abinadab, in Naphoth-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as wife);