1 Kings 4:9

the son of Dekar Read Ben-Deker, according to the Hebrew pointing. The name Deker is found nowhere else.

in Makaz The name does not occur again, and we can only conjecture the whereabouts of the place from the other names with which it is joined. Shaalbim, the town next mentioned, was in the tribe of Dan (Judges 1:35); Bethshemesh, was at the northern boundary of Judah, and was one of the -suburb cities" allotted to the priests (Joshua 21:16); of Elon-beth-hanan nothing more is known. The Vulgate, following some Hebrew MSS. reads -Elon and Bethhanan," making two towns out of the name. It is clear however that Ben-Deker's district lay in Dan and on the borders of Judah.