1 Kings 4:9
New International Version
Ben-Deker—in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh and Elon Bethhanan;

New Living Translation
Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan.

English Standard Version
Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;

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

King James Bible
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

New King James Version
Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

New American Standard Bible
Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;

NASB 1995
Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

NASB 1977
Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

Legacy Standard Bible
Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Bar Deqar in Maqats and in Shaalbim and in Bayth Shemesh and in Iluun of Bayth Khenan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.

Contemporary English Version
The son of Deker was in charge of the towns of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.

English Revised Version
Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Bendeker], who was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan, and

Good News Translation
Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan

International Standard Version
Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

JPS Tanakh 1917
the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

Literal Standard Version
Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan;

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

New American Bible
the son of Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon Beth-hanan;

NET Bible
Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan.

New Revised Standard Version
Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

New Heart English Bible
Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

Webster's Bible Translation
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:

World English Bible
Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

Young's Literal Translation
Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Solomon's Twelve Officers
8and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);…

Cross References
Joshua 15:10
The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

Joshua 21:16
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh--nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

Judges 1:35
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.


Treasury of Scripture

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:

The son of Dekar.

Joshua 19:42
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Shaalabbin

1 Samuel 6:12,20
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh…

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(9) The second division included the territory in the maritime plain to the north-west of Judah; assigned to Dan, but in all the earlier history held, with perhaps a few exceptions, by the Philistines. The cities Shaalbim, Elon, and Beth-shemesh, or Ir-shemesh, are noted in Joshua 19:41-43. Makaz is not mentioned elsewhere. There is here the addition to the name Elon of beth-hanan ("the house of Hanan") In 1Chronicles 8:23 there is a Hanan among the chief men of Benjamin; and 1Chronicles 1:43 a Hanan among David's mighty men. The only one of these cities known in history is Beth-shemesh, the first resting-place of the Ark (1Samuel 6:12-21) when restored by the Philistines.

Verse 9. - The son of Dekar [Ben. Dekar], in Makaz [unknown otherwise], and in Shaalbim [Joshua 19:42; Judges 1:35] and Beth-shemesh [called Irshemesh, Joshua 19:41. Now Ain Shemes], and Elon-beth-hanan. [Elon, Joshua 19:43. Probably Beth-hanan is a different place, the "and" (ו) having accidentally dropped out of the text. The LXX. (ἕως Βηθανὰν) favours this view. It has been identified by Robinson with Beit Hunun. This second district embraces Daniel]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Ben-deker
דֶּ֛קֶר (de·qer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1128: Ben-deker -- 'son of Deker', one of Solomon's leaders

in Makaz,
בְּמָקַ֥ץ (bə·mā·qaṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4739: Makaz -- a place in Israel

Shaalbim,
וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים (ū·ḇə·ša·‘al·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8169: Shaalbim -- perhaps '(haunt of) foxes', a city in Dan

Beth-shemesh,
שָׁ֑מֶשׁ (šā·meš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1053: Beth-shemesh -- 'sun temple', three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt

and Elon-beth-hanan;
חָנָֽן׃ (ḥā·nān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 358: Elonbeth-hanan -- 'terebinth of (the) house of favor', a place in Dan


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