1-Chronicles - 27:31



31 All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 27:31.

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And over the sheep Jazia an Agarene. All these were the rulers of the substance of king David.
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's.
and over the flock is Jaziz the Hagerite; all these are heads of the substance that king David hath.
The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.
And over the sheep was Jaziz, a Hagarene. All these were leaders over the substance of king David.

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rulers of the substance that was king David's--How and when the king acquired these demesnes and this variety of property--whether it was partly by conquests, or partly by confiscation, or by his own active cultivation of waste lands--is not said. It was probably in all these ways. The management of the king's private possessions was divided into twelve parts, like his public affairs and the revenue derived from all these sources mentioned must have been very large.

All these - It is observable, here are no officers for state, none for sport, no master of the ceremonies, or of the bounds, but all for substance, agreeable to the simplicity and plainness of those times. David was a great soldier, a great scholar, and a great prince; and yet a great husband of his estate. Those magistrates who would have their subjects industrious, must themselves be examples of application to business.

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