1 Kings 4:28

Christian Standard Bible ®

Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Barly also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man in his office.

Literal Translation
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and mules to the place where the officers were, each man according to his charge.

Easy-to-Read Version
The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Everyone brought this grain to the necessary places.

Revised Standard Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.

World English Bible
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

King James Version (1611)
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries, brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Barlye also & strawe for the horses and coursers, & broughte them vnto the place where ye kynge was, euery one after his charge.

American Standard Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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

Update Bible Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

Webster's Bible Translation
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

New English Translation
Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

New King James Version
They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.

Contemporary English Version
as well as barley and straw for the horses.

Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo was king over all Isra'el, and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen; Elichoref and Achiyah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud, secretary of state; B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim; ‘Azaryah the son of Natan, chief administrator; Zavud the son of Natan, the king's trusted counselor; Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of ‘Avda, in charge of forced labor. Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year. They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim; the son of Deker, in Makatz, Sha‘albim, Beit-Shemesh and Eilon-Beit-Hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubot; he also had charge of Sokhoh and all the territory of Hefer; the son of Avinadav, in all the area of Dor; he had Tafat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Achilud, in Ta‘anakh, Megiddo, and all Beit-Sh'an by Tzartan below Yizre‘el, from Beit-Sh'an to Avel-M'cholah, as far as beyond Yokme‘am; the son of Gever, in Ramot-Gil‘ad; he was in charge of the villages of Ya'ir the son of M'nasheh in Gil‘ad and in charge of the region of Argov in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze bars; Achinadav the son of ‘Iddo, in Machanayim; Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Alot; Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar; Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil‘ad, the country of Sichon king of the Emori and ‘Og king of Bashan. Over all these, there was one administrator in the land. Y'hudah and Isra'el were as numerous as sand grains on the seashore; they ate, drank and enjoyed themselves.

Darby Translation
And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

George Lamsa Translation
Barley also and straw for the horses and the dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers were, every man as it was his due.

Amplified Bible
They also brought the barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds (warhorses, chargers) to the place where it was needed, each man according to his assignment.

Hebrew Names Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="1ki.4.1" class="versetxt"> And king Solomon was king over all Israel. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend; and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher; the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam; the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars; Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

New Living Translation
They also brought the necessary barley and straw for the royal horses in the stables.

New Life Bible
They brought barley and straw for the fast horses and the war-wagon horses, where it was needed. Each man did the work he had been given to do.

New Revised Standard
They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.

English Revised Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Barley also and crushed straw, for the horses and for the swift beasts, brought they in unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They brought barley also, and straw for the horses and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.

Lexham English Bible
The barley and the straw for the horses and for packhorses they brought to the place where they were, each according to his share.

English Standard Version
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

New American Standard Bible
They also brought barley and straw for the war horses and baggage horses to the place where it was required, each deputy according to his duty.

New Century Version
They also brought enough barley and straw for Solomon's chariot and work horses; each person brought this grain to the right place.

Good News Translation
Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw, where it was needed, for the chariot horses and the work animals.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
also thei brouyten barli, and forage of horsis and werk beestis, in to the place where the king was, `bi ordenaunce to hem.

Young's Literal Translation
And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing. ²¹ Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. ²² Solomon's provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal, ²³ 10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry, ²⁴ for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders. ²⁵ Throughout Solomon's reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. ²⁶ Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. ²⁷ Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon's table. They neglected nothing. ²⁸ Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dromedaries: or, mules, or swift beasts, Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14, Micah 1:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:24 - found 1 Samuel 8:12 - and will set John 6:9 - barley

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Barley also, and straw for the horses and dromedaries,.... Or rather mules, by comparing the passage with 2 Chronicles 9:24; the particular kind of creatures meant is not agreed on; though all take them to be a swifter sort of creatures than horses; or the swifter of horses, as race horses or posts horses: barley was for their provender, that being the common food of horses in those times and countries, and in others, as Bochart h has shown from various writers; and in the Misnah i it is called the food of beasts; and Solomon is said to have every day his own horses two hundred thousand Neapolitan measures of called "tomboli" k; so the Roman soldiers, the horse were allowed a certain quantity of barley for their horses every morning, and sometimes they had money instead of it, which they therefore called "hordiarium" l and the "straw" was for the litter of them: these

brought they unto the place; where the officers were; not where the king was, as the Vulgate Latin version; where Solomon was, as the Arabic version, that is, in Jerusalem; nor

where [the officers] were; in their respective jurisdictions, as our version supplies it, which would be bringing them to themselves; but to the place where the beasts were, whether in Jerusalem, or in any, other parts of the kingdom:

every man according to his charge: which he was monthly to perform.

h Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158, 159. Vid. Homer. Iliad. 4. ver. 196. and Iliad. 8. ver. 560. i Sotah, c. 2. sect. 1. k Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 10. 2. l Vid. Valtrinum de re Militar. Roman. l. 3. c. 15. p. 236.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Barley is to this day in the East the common food of horses.

Dromedaries - Coursers. The animal intended is neither a camel nor a mule, but a swift horse.

The place where the officers were - Rather, “places where the horses and coursers were,” i. e., to the different cities where they were lodged.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:28. 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.