Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 27:25

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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The managers of David's possessions and domains. - The property and the income of the king were ( Ch1 27:25) divided into treasures of the king, and treasures in the country, in the cities, the villages, and the castles. By the "treasures of the king" we must therefore understand those which were in Jerusalem, i.e., the treasures of the royal palace. These were managed by Azmaveth. The remaining treasures are specified in Ch1 27:26. They consisted in fields which were cultivated by labourers ( Ch1 27:26); in vineyards ( Ch1 27:27); plantations of olive trees and sycamores in the Shephelah, the fruitful plain on the Mediterranean Sea ( Ch1 27:28); in cattle, which pastured partly in the plain of Sharon between Caesarea Palestina and Joppa, partly in various valleys of the country ( Ch1 27:29); and in camels, asses, and sheep ( Ch1 27:30.). All these possessions are called רכוּשׁ, and the overseers of them הרכוּשׁ שׂרי. They consisted in the produce of agriculture and cattle-breeding, the two main branches of Israelitish industry. 1 Chronicles 27:27

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