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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Kings 4:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Commissary;   Hur;   King;   Officer;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Ben-Hur;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   Hur;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hur;   Government;   Hur;   Israel;   Solomon;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hur;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hup'pim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ben-Hur;   Hur;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pottery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These were their names:
Hebrew Names Version
These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the hill-country of Efrayim;
King James Version
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
English Standard Version
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
New Century Version
These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-Hur was governor of the mountain country of Ephraim.
New English Translation
These were their names: Ben Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.
Amplified Bible
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of [the tribe of] Ephraim;
New American Standard Bible
And these were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:
Legacy Standard Bible
These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
Contemporary English Version
These were the twelve officers: The son of Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.
Complete Jewish Bible
They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim;
Darby Translation
And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben Hur was governor of the hill country of Ephraim.
George Lamsa Translation
And these are their names: the son of Hur, who ruled in mount 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
Lexham English Bible
These are their names: Ben-Hur was in the hill country of Ephraim.
Literal Translation
And these are their names: Ben-hur in the hills of Ephraim;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sonne of Hur vpon mount Ephraim.
American Standard Version
And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
Bible in Basic English
And these are their names: Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
King James Version (1611)
And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these were their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
English Revised Version
And these are 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;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these ben the names of hem; Benhur, in the hil of Effraym;
Young's Literal Translation
and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;
Update Bible Version
And 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;
New King James Version
These are their names: Ben-Hur, [fn] in the mountains of Ephraim;
New Living Translation
These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.
New Life Bible
These were their names. There was Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim,
New Revised Standard
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are their names: Benhur, in mount Ephraim.
Revised Standard Version
These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of E'phraim;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Contextual Overview

1 And so it came to pass, that, King Solomon, was king, over all Israel. 2 Now, these, were his chief officers of state, - Azariah son of Zadok, the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes, - Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, over the army, - and Zadok and Abiathar priests; 5 And Azariah son of Nathan, over the governors, - and Zabud son of Nathan, minister, king's friend; 6 And Ahishar, over the household, - and Adoniram son of Abda, over the tribute. 7 And, Solomon, had twelve governors over all Israel, who used to sustain the king and his household, - for a month in the year, was it appointed unto each one, to find sustenance. 8 And, these, are their names, Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, - and Elon-beth-hanan; 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, - to him, pertaineth Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The son of Hur: or, Ben-hur, Judges 17:1, Judges 19:1

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:
Genesis 4:6
So then Yahweh said unto Cain, - Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:9
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Genesis 4:12
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:15
And Yahweh said to him - Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven - fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
Genesis 4:24
If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
2 Samuel 3:27
So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly, - and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
2 Samuel 14:6
Now, thy maidservant, had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, with none to tear them apart, - so the one smote the other, and slew him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [are] their names,.... Or rather the names of their fathers; for of many of them not their own names but their fathers' names are given, as being well known:

the son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim; a fruitful country in the tribe of Ephraim, from whence this officer was to furnish the king with provisions for one month in the year.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this arrangement of the territory into twelve portions, the divisions of the tribes seem to have been adopted as far as could be managed without unfairness. The prefecture of Ben-Hur corresponded nearly to the territory of Ephraim; that of Ben-Dekar to Dan; that of Ben-Hesed to Judah; those of Ben-Abinadab and Baana to Cis-Jordanic Manasseh; that of Ben-Geber to Manasseh beyond Jordan; of Abinadab to Gad; of Ahimaaz to Naphtali; of Baanah to Asher; of Jehoshaphat to Issachar; of Shimei to Benjamin; and of Geber to Reuben. The order in which the prefectures are mentioned is clearly not the geographical. Perhaps it is the order in which they had to supply the king’s table.


 
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