1 Chronicles 27:26 Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the workers who farmed the land.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the workers who farmed the land.

English Standard Version
and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub;

New American Standard Bible
Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil.

King James Bible
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of those who worked in the fields tilling the soil.

International Standard Version
Chelub's son Ezri supervised the field workers who tilled the soil.

American Standard Version
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And over the tillage, and the husbandmen, who tilled the ground, was Ezri the son of Chelub:

Darby Bible Translation
And over them that worked in the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub.

Young's Literal Translation
and over workmen of the field for the service of the ground is Ezri son of Chelub;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

27:16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. over the king's treasures—Those treasures consisted of gold, silver, precious stones, cedar-wood, &c.; those which he had in Jerusalem as distinguished from others without the city.

the storehouses in the fields—Grain covered over with layers of straw is frequently preserved in the fields under little earthen mounds, like our potato pits.