1 Kings 4:23
“Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls for horses,.... In Ch2 9:25; it is only four thousand; and therefore some think…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Harts ... - The exact sorts of wild land animals here intended are very uncertain. Perhaps it would be best to translate…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 4:20-28
Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be.
I. Such a kingdom.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
roebucks The Hebrew word (צבי) is rendered δορκὰς by the LXX. i.e. a gazelle. It is akin to the proper name Tabitha,…