4 So Shelomoh (Solomon) was king over all Yisrael (Israel), 2 and these were his officials:

Tsadok’s son Azaryah was the priest.

3 Shisha’s sons Elihoref and Ahiyah were secretaries.

Ahilud’s son Yehoshafat (Jehoshaphat) was the recorder.

4 Yehoyada’s son Benayah was the army commander.

Tsadok and Evyatar were priests.

5 Natan’s (Nathan’s) son Azaryah was supervisor of the governors,

and his son Zavud was a priest and adviser to the king.

6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace,

and Avda’s son Adoniram supervised the forced labourers.

7 Shelomoh (Solomon) appointed twelve governors over all Yisrael (Israel), and they sent in food for the palace—each governor was responsible for one month of the year. 8 Their names were:

Ben-Hur in the hill country of Efrayim (Ephraim),

9 Ben-Deker in Makats, Sha’alvim, Beyt-Shemesh (Heliopolis), and Elon-Beyt-Hanan,

10 Ben-Hesed in Arubot, Sokoh, and all the land of Hefer,

11 Ben-Avinadav (who was married to Shelomoh’s daughter Tafat) in Nafat-Dor,

12 Ahilud’s son Ba’ana in Ta’anak and Megidon and all Beyt-Shean next to Tseretan below Yizre’el (Jezreel), from Beyt-Shean to Avel-Meholah, as far as the other side of Yakemeam,

13 Ben-Gever in Ramot-Gilead, including the villages of Menasheh’s (Manasseh’s) son Yair that were in Gilead, as well as the Argov area in the Bashan region, and including sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate bars.

14 Ido’s son Ahinadav in Mahanayim.

15 Ahima’ats (who had married Shelomoh’s daughter Basemat) in Naftali (Naphtali),

16 Hushay’s son Ba’ana in Asher and Be’alot,

17 Paruah’s son Yehoshafat (Jehoshaphat) in Yisakar (Issachar),

18 Elah’s son Shimei in Benyamin,

19 Uri’s son Gever in the Gilead region, including the lands of the Amori King Sihon and King Og of the Bashan.

There was also one district governor over Yehudah (Judah).