In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.
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9. Makaz. The towns here mentioned place the territory of the son of Dekar to the northwest of Judah, in the territory originally assigned to Dan (Joshua 19:40-43), but in the early history of Israel, held largely by the Philistines.