1 Kings 4:8
New International Version
These are their names: Ben-Hur—in the hill country of Ephraim;

New Living Translation
These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.

English Standard Version
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Berean Standard Bible
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

King James Bible
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

New King James Version
These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;

New American Standard Bible
And these were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

NASB 1995
These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

NASB 1977
And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Legacy Standard Bible
These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Amplified Bible
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim;

Christian Standard Bible
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

American Standard Version
And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And these are their names: Bar Khur in the mountain of Aphreim

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And these were their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.

Contemporary English Version
These were the twelve officers: The son of Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim,

English Revised Version
And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Their names were [Benhur], who was in charge of the hills of Ephraim,

Good News Translation
The following are the names of these twelve officers and the districts they were in charge of: Benhur: the hill country of Ephraim

International Standard Version
Here's a list of their names: Ben-hur from the hill country of Ephraim;

JPS Tanakh 1917
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

Literal Standard Version
and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

Majority Standard Bible
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

New American Bible
Their names were: the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

NET Bible
These were their names: Ben-Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.

New Revised Standard Version
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

New Heart English Bible
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Webster's Bible Translation
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

World English Bible
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Young's Literal Translation
and these are their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

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Context
Solomon's Twelve Officers
7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, 8and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;…

Cross References
Joshua 24:33
Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

1 Kings 4:7
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,


Treasury of Scripture

And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

The son of Hur.

Judges 17:1
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Judges 19:1
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

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1 Kings 4
1. Solomon's princes
7. His twelve officers for provision
20. The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22. His daily provision
26. His stable
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(8) And these are their names.--The first division, "mount Ephraim," included all the higher part of the territory of Ephraim, one of the most fertile and beautiful regions in Palestine, surrounding the city of Shechem, which lies in a rich plain between Mount Ebel and Gerizim, and including the strong site of the future Samaria. See the description of the country in the blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:13-17).

Verse 8. And these are their names [the order is not geographical, nor do the districts correspond, except roughly, with the territories of the tribes. The order is probably that of the months for which they were severally responsible, and the districts were marked out according to the capabilities of the country.]: The son of Hur [Heb. as marg., Ben Hur. Of the twelve prefects, five are only known by their patronymics, for it is hardly likely that these are proper names, like Ben-hanan and Ben-zoheth (1 Chronicles 4:20). No satisfactory explanation of this curious circumstance has hitherto been given. The most probable is that in the document from which this list was compiled, the part of the page containing the missing names had been accidentally destroyed], in mount Ephraim. [See on 1 Kings 12:25. This district, which practically coincided with the territory of Ephraim, was one of the most fertile in Palestine. Hence, possibly, it stands first.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
and these
וְאֵ֣לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

were their names:
שְׁמוֹתָ֔ם (šə·mō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8034: A name

Ben-hur,
ח֖וּר (ḥūr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1133: Ben-hur -- 'son of Hur', one of Solomon's leaders

in the hill country
בְּהַ֥ר (bə·har)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Ephraim;
אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ (’ep̄·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory


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OT History: 1 Kings 4:8 These are their names: Ben Hur (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg)
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