Commentary for I Kings 4:7
וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נִצָּבִים֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכִלְכְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ חֹ֧דֶשׁ בַּשָּׁנָ֛ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עַל־אחד [הָאֶחָ֖ד] לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ (ס)
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
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Rashi on I Kings
And they provided sustenance for the king. All his meals, and food of the horses and all expenditures for his necessities.4See I Shmuel 8:11-18. There it describes that the king had a right to demand all these things. Shmuel had told the people the king’s rights before he anointed Shaul.
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