A number of jars say "lmlk Ziph", "lmlk Hebron", "lmlk Socoh" and "lmlk mmst" (mmst being a town in the northern hill country). These jars were all manufactured in a single site in the Shfela, possibly Lachish, under the authority of the king (alluded to in 1 Chronicles 4:23, thus 'lmlk' means 'belonging to the king'), and from there they were sent to each one of the four administrative region indicated by either the name of the town on the jar (these being Ziph, Hebron, Socoh and MMST).