. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. tions of the royal guards and of all dependent upon tliem :—all were to be supplied fromthe court, being considered as members or guests of the royal household. This explains theprodigious quantities of victuals whicli were daily required for the use of the court, of whichthe account is— Solomons provision for one day was thirty cores (750 bushels) of fine flour,and sixty cores (1500 bushels) of common flour; ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen of thepastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebu
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. tions of the royal guards and of all dependent upon tliem :—all were to be supplied fromthe court, being considered as members or guests of the royal household. This explains theprodigious quantities of victuals whicli were daily required for the use of the court, of whichthe account is— Solomons provision for one day was thirty cores (750 bushels) of fine flour,and sixty cores (1500 bushels) of common flour; ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen of thepastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fattedfowl.* As a matter of form and arrangement for a specific purpose, there was much to admire inthe orderly supply of provisions to the court; and it was probably not less this than the vastquantities brought in and consumed, together with the manner in which it was prepared anddistributed, which engaged the admiring notice of the Queen of Sheba, although the arrange-ments connected with the dignified attendance and the splendid display at Solomons own table. ^^^&:
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