See an instance in 1 Samuel 2:36. See, too, in Ezekiel 13:19, another example of hire paid in bread.
Ceased - i. e. were at rest, did no work. The general sense is expressed by the translation of the Latin Version, “they were filled.”
Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 2:5
1 Samuel 2:5
5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.