These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
- KJV And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
- BSB and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
- NKJV These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
- NASB And these were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Quick answer
The first district officer, Ben Hur, is stationed in the hill country of Ephraim. The naming of districts shows the kingdom's territorial organization.
Overview
The list of the twelve provisioning officers begins with Ben Hur over the Ephraimite highlands. The division of the land into administrative districts, sometimes cutting across old tribal lines, reflects a centralized royal system. Such organization undergirded the prosperity and order of Solomon's reign.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Josh 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judg 17:1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Judg 19:1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
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