OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 4:7

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Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

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Verse 7. Month. The lunar year was not then in use; ( Calmet.) or else, the first of these governors, was in office during the 13th, or intercalary month, every third year, and the rest in succession. Tostat.

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