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Ben-Deker

One of 12 officers chosen to collect food for King Solomon’s household (1 Kings 4:9, “son of Dekar” in the King James Version). Ben-deker’s area was an area along the southern border of Dan’s tribe near Beth-shemesh.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject

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