1 Kings 4:28

Barley also [the food of horses at the present day in the East, where oats are not grown. (Cf. Hom. II . 5:196)] and straw for the horses and dromedaries [marg. mules or swift beasts. Coursers, or fleet horses of superior breed are intended. רֶכֶשׁ = Germ. Renner. These coursers were for the use of the king's messengers or posts. See Esther 8:10 , Esther 8:14 ] brought they unto the place where the officers were ["officers" is not in the Hebrew. The LXX . and Vulg. supply "king "(the verb is singular, "was"). But the true meaning is to be gathered from Esther 10:1-3 :26. There we learn that the horses were distributed in different towns throughout the land. To these different depots, therefore, the purveyors must forward the provender, "unto the place where it should be" ( יִהְיֶה ), not, as Rawlinson, "where the horses were."] every man according to his charge.