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Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
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The Royal Farm Manager
Commentators clarify that this verse identifies Ezri, son of Chelub, as the chief steward responsible for overseeing the agricultural labor on the king's lands. This was a crucial role in managing the kingdom's primary source of wealth and sustenance.
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1 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This section is important because it shows that David, the younger son of a not very wealthy family (1 Samuel 16:11, 20), had become a …
19th Century
Anglican
And over them that did the work of the field. — Ezri was steward of the arable lands.
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Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:25).
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The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's possessions, had the oversight and charge of the king's cultivated land, his vineyards, his …
