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1Ki 4:7 — And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

officers		"These are doubtless to be considered as general receivers; for, as Sir John Chardin observes, ""the revenues of the princes of the East are paid in the fruits and productions of the earth: there are no other taxes on the peasants."""
each man		1Ch 27:1-15

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each man

	1Ch 27:1	Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.
	1Ch 27:2	Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
	1Ch 27:3	Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
	1Ch 27:4	And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.
	1Ch 27:5	The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 4:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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