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.
Ver. 27. And for all that came unto king Solomon's table.] Who were not a few, not only natives, but foreigners; not ambassadors only, but others, who came from all parts to hear his wisdom, 1Ki 4:34 and so to be proselyted haply. But Josephus relateth of the Jews, that they were very careful how they received proselytes in Solomon's time; because then the state of the Jews flourished.