41 Now King Solomon was king over all Israel . 2 These were his officials : Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest ; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah , the sons of Shisha were secretaries ; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder ; 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 deputies ; and Zabud the son of Nathan , a priest , was 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 e deputies over all Israel , who provided for the king and his household ; each man had to provide 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 Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan ; 10 Ben-hesed , in Arubboth ( Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher ); 11 Ben-abinadab , in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife ); 12 Baana the son of Ahilud , in Taanach and Megiddo , and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below e Jezreel , from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam ; 13 Ben-geber , in Ramoth-gilead ( the towns of Jair , the son of Manasseh , which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob , which is in Bashan , sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo , in Mahanaim ; 15 Ahimaaz , in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon ); 16 Baana the son of Hushai , in Asher and Bealoth ; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah , in Issachar ; 18 Shimei the son of Ela , in Benjamin ; 19 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 deputy who was in the land .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1-19

Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1-19

(Read 1 Kings 4:1-19)

In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.