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1Solomon was king over all Israel,
2and these were the officials he had in his service:
7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel who supplied food for the king and his household, each having to provide for one month in the year.[#The administration of the kingdom thus initiated by Solomon continued in its main features for the duration of the monarchy in Israel and Judah. Note the use of “all Israel” to mean only the northern tribes (see also 5:27). Solomon’s exactions did not fall evenly on the whole people, but favored his own southern tribe of Judah. Eventually this inequity would lead to the dissolution of the union of Israel and Judah (12:1–19).]
8Their names were:[#Several of the governors are identified only by their fathers’ names.]
There was one governor besides, in the land of Judah.
20Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and rejoiced.[#Gn 22:17; 32:13; Dn 3:36; Hos 1:10; Heb 11:12.]