“Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.”
King James Version (KJV)
4:26 Forty thousand - In #2Chron 9:25|, it is butfour thousand. But it is not exactly the same Hebrew word which ishere and there, though we translate both stalls; and therefore there maywell be allowed some difference in the signification, the one signifyingproperly stables, of which there were four thousand, the other stallsor partitions for each horse, which were forty thousand.Chariots - Both for his military chariots, which seem to be those fourteenhundred, chap.#10:26|, and for divers other uses, as about his great andvarious buildings, and merchandises, and other occasions, which mightrequire some thousands of other chariots. Horsemen - Appointed partly forthe defence of his people in peace; and partly for attendance upon hisperson, and for the splendor of his government.
4:27 The officers - Named above. They lacked - Or rather, theysuffered nothing to be lacking to any man that came thither, butplentifully provided all things necessary.
4:29 Largeness of heart - Vastness of understanding, a mostcomprehensive knowledge of all things both Divine and human.
4:30 East country - The Chaldeans, Persians, and Arabians, whoall lay eastward from Canaan, and were famous in ancient times for theirwisdom and learning. Egypt - The Egyptians, whose fame was then greatfor their skill in the arts and sciences, which made them despise theGrecians as children in knowledge.