1 Kings 4:28

Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator records the logistical fulfillment of Solomon’s administrative reforms as the twelve district governors rotate their monthly provisions for the royal court.

The words — The Hebrew שְׂעֹרִים (se'orim) and תֶּבֶן (teven) denote the specific grain and fodder quotas delivered. The verb יָבִאוּ (yavi'u) records that these supplies were brought to the designated location.

The thread — The logistical use of horses and royal provisions recurs in Esther 8:10 and 8:14, where mounted couriers transport royal edicts, and in Micah 1:13, which commands the harnessing of chariot horses for military mobilization.

Why it lands — The text states that district officials supplied barley and straw to a designated site for the king’s horses. It asks the reader to recognize that Solomon’s celebrated wisdom and divine favor in 1 Kings 4:29 were sustained by a disciplined, material supply chain rather than miraculous provision alone.

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The Hebrew words

וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣יםve./ha./se.'o.Rimand/ the/ barley<s>וְהַתֶּ֔בֶןve./ha./Te.venand/ the/ straw לַסּוּסִ֖יםla./su.Simfor the/ horses וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁve./la./Ra.kheshand/ for the/ steed[s]יָבִ֗אוּya.Vi.'uthey brought אֶל־'el-to הַמָּקוֹם֙ha./ma.kOmthe/ place אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhere יִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-it was שָּׁ֔םShamthere אִ֖ישׁ'isheach כְּמִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ׃ סke./mish.pa.T/oaccording to/ measure/ his

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.

Cross-references

Esther 8:10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
Esther 8:14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
Micah 1:13 Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.