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Introduction: Administrative Structure and Royal Marriage in the Solomonic Era 1 Kings 4 (Hebrew 5) provides a detailed account of King Shelomoh’s (Solomon’s) administrative organization. Among the named officials is a regional governor who receives special attention because of his marital connection to the royal family. The verse reads: בֶּן־אֲבִֽינָדָ֖ב כָּל־נָ֣פַת דֹּ֑אר טָפַת֙ בַּת־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָ֥יְתָה לֹּ֖ו לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ Ben-Avinadav: all the region of Dor. Tafat, the daughter of Shelomoh, was his wife. This verse, while brief, packs multiple syntactic and socio-political elements into a compact narrative unit.… Learn Hebrew