The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:28 Explained

1 Kings 4:28

KJV: Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

YLT: And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.

Darby: And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where the superintendents were, every man according to his charge.

ASV: Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Barley  also and straw  for the horses  and dromedaries  brought  they unto the place  where [the officers] were, every man  according to his charge. 

What does 1 Kings 4:28 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 4:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 4

1  Solomon's princes
7  His twelve officers for provision
20  The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22  His daily provision
26  His stable
29  His wisdom

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 4:28 mean?

And barley and straw for the horses and steeds they brought to the place there were proper each man according to his charge -
וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן לַסּוּסִ֖ים וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ יָבִ֗אוּ אֶל־ הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽהְיֶה־ שָּׁ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ כְּמִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ ס

וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים  And  barley 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: שְׂעֹרָה  
Sense: barley.
וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן  and  straw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: תֶּבֶן  
Sense: straw, stubble.
לַסּוּסִ֖ים  for  the  horses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סוּס 
Sense: swallow, swift.
וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ  and  steeds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶכֶשׁ  
Sense: steeds, horses.
יָבִ֗אוּ  they  brought 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַמָּקוֹם֙  the  place 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
שָּׁ֔ם  proper 
Parse: Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
אִ֖ישׁ  each  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
כְּמִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ  according  to  his  charge 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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