Opening the chapter…
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So HaMelech Sh'lomo was Melech over kol Yisroel.
And these were the sarim which he had; Azaryah Ben Tzadok HaKohen,
Elichoreph and Achiyah, the Bnei Shisha, Sofrim (scribes); Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud, the Mazkir (secretary).
And Benayah Ben Yehoyada was over the Tzava (army); and Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) were the Kohanim;
And Azaryah Ben Natan was over the Nitzavim (commissioners) and Zavud Ben Natan kohen re'eh HaMelech;
And Achishar was over the Bais (palace); and Adoniram Ben Avda was over the forced labor.
And Sh'lomo had twelve Nitzavim (commissioners) over kol Yisroel, which provided provision for HaMelech and his Bais (palace); each man his month in a shanah (year) made provision.
And these are their shemot; Ben-Chur, in har Ephrayim;
Ben-Deker in Makatz, and in Sha'albim, and Beit-Shemesh, and Elon Beit-Chanan;
Ben-Chesed, in Arubot; to him pertained Sokhoh, and kol Eretz Chepher;
Ben-Avinadav, in kol Naphat Dor; which had Taphat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha;
Ba'ana Ben Achilud; Ta'nakh and Megiddo, and kol Beit-She'an, which is near Tzartan below Yizre'el (Jezreel), from Beit-She'an to Avel-Mecholah, even unto beyond Yokme'am;
Ben-Gever, in Ramot Gil'ad; to him pertained the towns of Yair Ben Menasheh, which are in Gil'ad; to him also pertained the region of Argov, which is in Bashan, threescore arim gedolim with chomah and gate bars of nechoshet;
Achinadav Ben Iddo had Machanayim;
Achima'atz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha;
Ba'ana Ben Chushai was in Asher and in Alot;
Yehoshaphat Ben Paruach, in Yissakhar;
Shime'i Ben Elah, in Binyamin;
Gever Ben Uri was in Eretz Gil'ad, in Eretz Sichon Melech Emori, and of Og Melech HaBashan; and he was the only Netziv (commissioner) which was in the land.
Yehudah and Yisroel were many, as the chol (sand) which is by the yam in multitude, eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible. Copyright © 2002-2011, 2021, 2024 Artists for Israel International. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: eBible.org (engojb). Changes: reformatted for display (USFM to verses); no wording changed. Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.
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