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Bible Verses About Holy Land: Twelve provinces by Solomon

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Verses on Twelve provinces by Solomon

  1. And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household--a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

  2. and these are their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

  3. Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.

  4. Ben-Hesed is in Aruboth, hath Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;

  5. Ben-Abinadab hath all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife.

  6. Baana Ben-Ahilud hath Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam.

  7. Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wall and brazen bar.

  8. Ahinadab son of Iddo hath Mahanaim.

  9. Ahimaaz is in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.

  10. Baanah Ben-Hushai is in Asher, and in Aloth.

  11. Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah is in Issachar.

  12. Shimei Ben-Elah is in Benjamin.

  13. Geber Ben-Uri is in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who is in the land.