Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
1 Kings 4:28
Dromedaries — properly (see Margin), swift beasts; probably the horses of the royal messengers, as distinguished from the war horses.
Dromedaries — properly (see Margin), swift beasts; probably the horses of the royal messengers, as distinguished from the war horses.
Verse 1 Kings 4:28. _AND DROMEDARIES_] The word רכש _rechesh_, which we translate thus, is rendered _beasts_, or _beasts of burden_, by the _Vulgate; mares_ by the _Syriac_ and _Arabic; chariots_ by...
Barley is to this day in the East the common food of horses. DROMEDARIES - Coursers. The animal intended is neither a camel nor a mule, but a swift horse. THE PLACE WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE - Rather,...
3. SOLOMON'S PRINCES AND OFFICERS THE PROSPEROUS KINGDOM AND THE KING'S GREAT WISDOM CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Princes (1 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Officers (1 Kings 4:7) 3. The prosperous kingdom (1 Kings 4:20...
1 KINGS 3:1 TO 1 KINGS 4:34. EARLY DAYS, REIGN, AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON. The sources of this section are various, and the arrangement of the narrative in the LXX should be noticed. There are (_a_) a sta...
_unto the place where_the officers _were_ As shewn by the italics of A. V. there is no word in the original for -the officers." The verb moreover is in the singular. It is better therefore to render w...
STRAW FOR THE HORSES— See Joshua 19:21 whence there is room to think, that this was not straw to _litter_ with. The _litter_ now used for _horses,_ &c. in the east, is their own dung, dried in the sun...
II. THE WONDERMENT OF THIS REIGN 4:21-34 With 1 Kings 4:21 (1 Kings 5:1 in the Hebrew) the author takes up the thought introduced in 1 Kings 4:20, viz., that Solomon ruled over a vast and happy people...
_BARLEY ALSO AND STRAW FOR THE HORSES AND DROMEDARIES BROUGHT THEY UNTO THE PLACE WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE, EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS CHARGE._ Barley also and straw. Straw is not needed for litter, b...
DROMEDARIES] RV 'swift steeds.' Where _the officers_ were] RV (after LXX) 'where the king was'; RM 'where it' (the barley and straw) 'should be,' i.e. wherever it was required...
SOLOMON'S OFFICERS AND COURT 2. Azariah the son of Zadok] he was really the grandson of Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:8)....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 SOLOMON’S PEACEFUL *KINGDOM This chapter shows how successful Solomon’s rule was. The country was wealthy. It was at peace. The farms...
_[1 Kings 5:8]_ וְ הַ שְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְ הַ...
SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM 1 Kings 4:1. "But what more oft in nations grown corrupt And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
Solomon set himself to a careful organization of his kingdom. The system of government as here set forth is characterized by order, and, indeed, is in many ways remarkable. The king was supreme in aut...
Beasts. Racesh denotes horses of extraordinary swiftness, (Bochart) or dromedaries, &c. Junius translates, "post-horses." --- King: so also the Septuagint. Protestants, " the officers were, every man...
(26) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (27) And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon'...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...
BARLEY ALSO, AND STRAW FOR THE HORSES AND DROMEDARIES,.... Or rather mules, by comparing the passage with 2 Chronicles 9:24; the particular kind of creatures meant is not agreed on; though all take th...
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. Ver. 28. _And dromedaries._] Which are _animalia citissi...
_Those officers_ Named above, 1 Kings 4:7. _They lacked nothing_ Or, rather, _they suffered nothing to be lacking_ to any man that came to Solomon's table, but plentifully provided all things necessar...
1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers for prouision. 20.24 The peace and largenesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily prouision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome. 1 SO King Solomon was king ouer a...
Barley also, which took the place of oats, AND STRAW FOR THE HORSES AND DROMEDARIES, literally, "swift beasts," coursers. probably used for conveying urgent messages, BROUGHT THEY UNTO THE PLACE WHERE...
Solomon's Riches and Power...
SOLOMON'S ADMINISTRATION (vs.1-19) In Solomon's time peace was established in a way not seen in David's day, for there was continual turmoil while David reigned. Now Solomon was undisputed king over...
DROMEDARIES: Or, mules, or swift beasts...
20-28 Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have...
DROMEDARIES, or _mules_, by comparing this with 2 CHRONICLES 9:24; or _post horses_, which are particularly mentioned and distinguished from the other horses, because they took a more exact and partic...
1 Kings 4:28 brought H935 (H8686) barley H8184 straw H8401 place H4725 horses H5483 steeds H7409 man H376 charge...
CONTENTS: Princes and commissaries of Israel. Solomon's reign and wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: There is spiritual peace and joy and a holy security for all faithful subjects of God'...
1 Kings 4:16. _Two women that were harlots._ The Chaldaic paraphrase reads, “two women of the tabernacle.” It would be difficult for two common women to gain the royal ear. 1 Kings 4:30. _Solomon's wi...
_Solomon’s provisions for one day._ SOLOMON’S FEAST This would seem to be part of the Parable of the Prodigal Son before its time. This typical feast of Solomon’s has no reference to gluttony. We hav...
_So King Solomon was king over all Israel._ A KINGDOM UNIFIED Charles Albert, we are told, went to help the Milanese. The Austrians, vastly outnumbering, drove him back toward Turin, defeated him at...
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— The list of officers in Solomon’s kingdom (1 Kings 4:2) seems to have been inserted without belonging to the narrative; for 1 King...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S RULE, STATE, AND WISDOM.—The remainder of this chapter, which de-scribes to us the extent and character of Solomon's sway (1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21,...
Now as we get into chapter four, we have listed here those princes that were prominent during the reign of Solomon, and then the twelve officers who were over all of Israel who provided the food for t...
Esther 8:10; Esther 8:14; Micah 1:13...