1 Kings 4:28

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

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In The King James Version

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

In Context

27And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

29And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

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Cross References

Esther 8:10The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

Micah 1:13Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:21-29

The Supply of Solomon's Household. ( b. c. 1014.) 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and… Read the whole commentary →

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