Solomons Twelve Administrative Districts

Solomon divides his kingdom into twelve administrative districts — different from the tribal boundaries — each headed by a governor responsible for provisioning the royal household one month per year (1 Kings 4:7-19). The third district under Ben-Hesed covers Sokoh and Hepher. The fourth — under Ben-Abinadab, Solomon's son-in-law who married Taphath — covers all the heights of Dor on the Mediterranean coast. The fifth, under Baana son of Ahilud, takes in the great Megiddo-Jezreel plain from Taanach to Beth-shean. The seventh covers the Naphtali highlands; the eighth — Ahimaaz, another royal son-in-law — handles all Naphtali; the twelfth covers Gad east of the Jordan. The system shows the administrative sophistication of the United Kingdom at its peak.

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