Ecclesiastes 1:12

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Ecclesiastes 1:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

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These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

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and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

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Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;

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Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

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Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

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and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

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Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

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Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

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Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

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Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

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Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

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Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

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Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

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Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

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Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

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Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

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Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.