1 Kings 4:7

And Solomon had twelve officers [lit; persons "placed" or "set over" others, i.e; superintendents. The term is used of Doeg ( 1 Samuel 22:9 ). They were twelve, not because of the twelve tribes, but the twelve months] over all Israel, which provided victuals for [Heb. nourished ] the king and his household : each man his month in a year made provision [lit; a month in the year it was ( i.e; devolved) upon each to nourish. It has been thought by some that these superintendents were also governors of provinces ( ἡγενισισόνες καὶ σταηγοί , Jos. Ant. 8.2, 3), as well as purveyors. But of this nothing is said in the text. Their principal function was to collect the royal dues or taxes which were evidently paid, as they still are in the East, in kind].