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What does 1 Kings 4:28 mean?
"They also brought Barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty."
— 1 Kings 4:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.
They also brought Barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.
God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.
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