Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
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Gill's Exposition
For he was wiser than all men,.... Not only that lived in his time, but in ages past since the fall of Adam, and in times to come, especially in natural wisdom and knowledge, in all the branches of…
Barnes' Notes
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,…
Adam Clarke
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 the Septuagint; and race-horses by…
Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be.
I. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did when Solomon wore it,…
Cambridge Bible
unto the place wherethe 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 with…