1 Kings 4:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. And dromedaries - The word רכש rechesh, which we translate thus, is rendered beasts, or beasts of burden, by the Vulgate; mares by the Syriac and Arabic; chariots by the Septuagint; and race-horses by the Chaldee. The original word seems to signify a very swift kind of horse, and race-horse or post-horse is probably its true meaning. To communicate with so many distant provinces, Solomon had need of many animals of this kind.

1 Kings 4:28

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.