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Bible Verses About Kings: Providers for the king's table

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Verses on Providers for the king's table

  1. Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

  2. These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

  3. Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

  4. Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);

  5. Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

  6. Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

  7. Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

  8. Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

  9. Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

  10. Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

  11. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

  12. Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

  13. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.