Nehemiah 5:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Compare the far grander provision for Solomon’s table (see the marginal reference).

Nehemiah 5:18

18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.