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4:7\u009619 King Solomon organized Israel into twelve administrative districts, with a governor over each district (1 Kin. 4:7). A primary job of the governors was to \u0093provide food for the king and his household\u0094 (4:7, 27). They must have needed to collect plenty of taxes, as Solomon\u0092s expansive household needs (4:22\u009623), large military (4:26, 28), and vast building projects (6:37\u00967:12; 9:15\u009619) required a great amount of money and other resources.
\nThe districts were generally identified by their principal cities (4:8\u009619). Notably absent from the list was the territory of Judah. Apparently Solomon regarded his own tribe as distinct from the rest of Israel (4:20) and may have even exempted it from taxation.
\nSolomon\u0092s administrative plan was an efficient way of governing. But perhaps Solomon\u0092s outlays exceeded what his governors could bring in. That could be why he gave twenty cities in Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre (9:10\u009614). The heavy taxes also left a bitter legacy, as Solomon\u0092s son, Rehoboam, would find out (12:1\u009619).<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

4:7\u009619 King Solomon organized Israel into twelve administrative districts, with a governor over each district (1 Kin. 4:7). A primary job of the governors was to \u0093provide food for the king and his household\u0094 (4:7, 27). They must have needed to collect plenty of taxes, as Solomon\u0092s expansive household needs (4:22\u009623), large military (4:26, 28), … Continue reading “Solomon’s Reapportioning of Israel”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":"600","height":"389","hwstring_small":"height='82' width='128'","file":"2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel.jpeg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-150x150.jpg","width":"150","height":"150","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-300x194.jpg","width":"300","height":"194","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-300x194.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-600x288.jpg","width":"600","height":"288","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-600x288.jpg"},"large-feature":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-600x288.jpg","width":"600","height":"288","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-600x288.jpg"},"small-feature":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-462x300.jpg","width":"462","height":"300","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel-462x300.jpg"},"full":{"file":"Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel.jpeg","width":600,"height":389,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel.jpeg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"4:7\u009619 King Solomon organized Israel into twelve administrative districts, with a governor over each district (1 Kin. 4:7). A primary job of the governors was to \u0093provide food for the king and his household\u0094 (4:7, 27). They must have needed to collect plenty of taxes, as Solomon\u0092s expansive household needs (4:22\u009623), large military (4:26, 28), and vast building projects (6:37\u00967:12; 9:15\u009619) required a great amount of money and other resources.\r\nThe districts were generally identified by their principal cities (4:8\u009619). Notably absent from the list was the territory of Judah. Apparently Solomon regarded his own tribe as distinct from the rest of Israel (4:20) and may have even exempted it from taxation.\r\nSolomon\u0092s administrative plan was an efficient way of governing. But perhaps Solomon\u0092s outlays exceeded what his governors could bring in. That could be why he gave twenty cities in Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre (9:10\u009614). The heavy taxes also left a bitter legacy, as Solomon\u0092s son, Rehoboam, would find out (12:1\u009619).","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Word in life study Bible . 1997 (electronic ed.) (1 Ki 4:7). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Solomon's Reapportioning of Israel"}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Map-Solomons-Reapportioning-of-Israel.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}]}}