1 Kings 4:7

King James Version (KJV)

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Twelve officers - The business of these twelve officers was to provide daily, each for a month, those provisions which were consumed in the king's household; see 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23. And the task for such a daily provision was not an easy one.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

The requirement of a portion of their produce from subjects, in addition to money payments, is a common practice of Oriental monarchs. It obtained in ancient, and it still obtains in modern, Persia.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

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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