Encyclopedia of The Bible – Ben-Deker
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Ben-Deker

BEN-DEKER bĕn de’ kər (בֶּנ־דֶּ֛קֶר, KJV SON OF DEKAR). Listed in 1 Kings 4:9, with eleven other individuals, as a commissariat officer responsible for providing food by rota for the household of Solomon. He was in charge of the second administrative district, roughly the area of southern Dan.