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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Harts ... - The exact kinds of wild land animals intended here are very uncertain. Perhaps it would be best to translate this as “wild-goats…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

On this side the river. —This translation, although it expresses the true reference, namely, to the country west of the Euphrates,…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Ten fat oxen
Such as were kept up in the stall and fatted:

and twenty oxen out of the pastures

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. In this, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's…

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