2 Chronicles 9:14

chapmen R.V. the chapmen. The English word means "merchant"; cp. the verb, "to chaffer" and the German "Kaufmann." The Heb. word means "those who go about" as merchants.

governors Heb. Paḥoth, a word applied specially to governors of provinces of the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires. Probably here governors outside the land of Israel are meant.