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 necessary. This is repeated to show their diligence, exactness, and care, which was remarkable; especially since they took care of his stables as well as of his house, as it follows in the next verse. Barley also and straw Barley was anciently horse-corn, as appears by many places in Homer. For the horses and dromedaries The Hebrew word, rechesh, signifies swift horses, as Abarbinel thinks; see Esther 8:14; but others take them for mules. Where the officers were Or, rather, Where the beasts were; for there is no word for officers in the Hebrew. Every man according to his charge Which lasted for a month every year.
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1 Kings 4:27-28
27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedariesg brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.