Theseare their names:Ben-hur,in the hillcountryof Ephraim;
Solomonhad twelvedeputiesoverallIsrael,who providedfor the kingand his household;eachman hadto providefor a monthin the year.
In accordancewith the commandof the LORDthey gavehim the cityfor whichhe asked,Timnath-serahin the hillcountryof Ephraim.So he builtthe cityand settledin it.
And Eleazarthe sonof Aarondied;and they buriedhim at Gibeahof Phinehashis son,whichwas givenhim in the hillcountryof Ephraim.
Now there was a manof the hillcountryof Ephraimwhose namewas Micah.
Now it cameabout in thosedays,when therewas nokingin Israel,that there was a certainLevitestayingin the remotepartof the hillcountryof Ephraim,who tooka concubinefor himself from Bethlehemin Judah.
