7Solomon 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.


In Context

4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;

6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

7 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.

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

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

1 Kings 4:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Solomon also had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his household: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.