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1 Kings 4 — TOJB

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4Verse 1So HaMelech Sh'lomo was Melech over kol Yisroel.Verse 2And these were the sarim which he had; Azaryah Ben Tzadok HaKohen,Verse 3Elichoreph and Achiyah, the Bnei Shisha, Sofrim (scribes); Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud, the Mazkir (secretary).Verse 4And Benayah Ben Yehoyada was over the Tzava (army); and Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) were the Kohanim;Verse 5And Azaryah Ben Natan was over the Nitzavim (commissioners) and Zavud Ben Natan kohen re'eh HaMelech;Verse 6And Achishar was over the Bais (palace); and Adoniram Ben Avda was over the forced labor.Verse 7And 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.Verse 8And these are their shemot; Ben-Chur, in har Ephrayim;Verse 9Ben-Deker in Makatz, and in Sha'albim, and Beit-Shemesh, and Elon Beit-Chanan;Verse 10Ben-Chesed, in Arubot; to him pertained Sokhoh, and kol Eretz Chepher;Verse 11Ben-Avinadav, in kol Naphat Dor; which had Taphat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha;Verse 12Ba'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;Verse 13Ben-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;Verse 14Achinadav Ben Iddo had Machanayim;Verse 15Achima'atz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha;Verse 16Ba'ana Ben Chushai was in Asher and in Alot;Verse 17Yehoshaphat Ben Paruach, in Yissakhar;Verse 18Shime'i Ben Elah, in Binyamin;Verse 19Gever 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.Verse 20Yehudah and Yisroel were many, as the chol (sand) which is by the yam in multitude, eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
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