1 Kings 4:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ Solomon placed 12 governors over the districts of Israel. They had to gather food from their districts. Then they were to give it to the king and his family. Each governor was responsible for giving food to the king one month of each year. ⁸ These are the names of the 12 governors:

Ben-Hur was governor over the mountain country of Ephraim.

⁹ Ben-Deker was governor over Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan.