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;