8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
8 These are their names: Ben-Hur-in the hill country of Ephraim;
8 These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
8 These are the names: Ben-Hur in the Ephraim hills;
8 These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;
8 These are the names of the twelve governors: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 4:8
Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1-19
(Read 1 Kings 4:1-19)
In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.