Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses. New Living Translation They also brought the necessary barley and straw for the royal horses in the stables. English Standard Version Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty. Berean Study Bible Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses. New American Standard Bible They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge. King James Bible Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. Christian Standard Bible Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment. Contemporary English Version as well as barley and straw for the horses. Good News Translation Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the work animals. Holman Christian Standard Bible Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment. International Standard Version They also provided barley and straw for the horses and camels to their respective locations, each consistent with their responsibilities. NET Bible Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. New Heart English Bible Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty. GOD'S WORD® Translation They brought their quota of barley and straw for the chariot horses to the proper places. JPS Tanakh 1917 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge. New American Standard 1977 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge. Jubilee Bible 2000 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden unto the place where he was, each one according to his charge. King James 2000 Bible Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. American King James Version Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. American Standard Version Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. Douay-Rheims Bible They brought barley also and straw for the horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them. Darby Bible Translation And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge. English Revised Version Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. Webster's Bible Translation Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. World English Bible Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his duty. Young's Literal Translation And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance. Study Bible Solomon's Wealth…27Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. 28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses. Cross References 1 Kings 4:27 Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. Esther 8:10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares. Esther 8:14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa. Micah 1:13 Harness the horses to the chariot, O inhabitant of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. Treasury of Scripture Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. dromedaries. or, mules, or swift beasts. Esther 8:10,14 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the … Micah 1:13 O you inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: … (28) Dromedaries--properly (see Margin), swift beasts; probably the horses of the royal messengers, as distinguished from the war horses.Verse 28. - Barley also [the food of horses at the present day in the East, where oats are not grown. (Cf. Hom. II. 5:196)] and straw for the horses and dromedaries [marg. mules or swift beasts. Coursers, or fleet horses of superior breed are intended. רֶכֶשׁ = Germ. Renner. These coursers were for the use of the king's messengers or posts. See Esther 8:10, 14] brought they unto the place where the officers were ["officers" is not in the Hebrew. The LXX. and Vulg. supply "king "(the verb is singular, "was"). But the true meaning is to be gathered from chap. 10:26. There we learn that the horses were distributed in different towns throughout the land. To these different depots, therefore, the purveyors must forward the provender, "unto the place where it should be" (יִהְיֶה), not, as Rawlinson, "where the horses were."] every man according to his charge. 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 them to be a swifter sort of creatures than horses; or the swifter of horses, as race horses or posts horses: barley was for their provender, that being the common food of horses in those times and countries, and in others, as Bochart (h) has shown from various writers; and in the Misnah (i) it is called the food of beasts; and Solomon is said to have every day his own horses two hundred thousand Neapolitan measures of called "tomboli" (k); so the Roman soldiers, the horse were allowed a certain quantity of barley for their horses every morning, and sometimes they had money instead of it, which they therefore called "hordiarium" (l) and the "straw" was for the litter of them: these brought they unto the place; where the officers were; not where the king was, as the Vulgate Latin version; where Solomon was, as the Arabic version, that is, in Jerusalem; nor where the officers were; in their respective jurisdictions, as our version supplies it, which would be bringing them to themselves; but to the place where the beasts were, whether in Jerusalem, or in any, other parts of the kingdom: every man according to his charge: which he was monthly to perform. (h) Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158, 159. Vid. Homer. Iliad. 4. ver. 196. and Iliad. 8. ver. 560. (i) Sotah, c. 2. sect. 1.((k) Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 10. 2.((l) Vid. Valtrinum de re Militar. Roman. l. 3. c. 15. p. 236. 28. Barley … and straw—Straw is not used for litter, but barley mixed with chopped straw is the usual fodder of horses. dromedaries—one-humped camels, distinguished for their great fleetness.4:20-28 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 the heathen for his inheritance, and that princes shall worship him. The spiritual peace, and joy, and holy security, of all the faithful subjects of the Lord Jesus, were typified by that of Israel. The kingdom of God is not, as Solomon's was, meat and drink, but, what is infinitely better, righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. The vast number of his attendants, and the great resort to him, are shown by the provision daily made. Herein Christ far outdoes Solomon, that he feeds all his subjects, not with the bread that perishes, but with that which endures to eternal life. 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