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);
12. Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam;
13. Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him belonged the villages of Jair son of Manasseh which are in Gilead, also the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14. Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15. Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);
16. Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17. Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18. Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19. Geber son of Uri, in Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; only one officer was over all the country [at one time, each serving for one month].
20. Judah and Israel were many, like the sand which is by the sea in multitude; they ate, drank, and rejoiced.
21. Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.