Verse 18

Now that which was prepared{H6213}{(H8737)} for me daily{H3117} was one{H259} ox{H7794} and six{H8337} choice{H1305}{(H8803)} sheep{H6629}; also fowls{H6833} were prepared{H6213}{(H8738)} for me, and once in ten{H6235} days{H3117} store{H7235}{(H8687)} of all sorts of wine{H3196}: yet for all{H5973} this required{H1245}{(H8765)} not I the bread{H3899} of the governor{H6346}, because the bondage{H5656} was heavy{H3513}{(H8804)} upon this people{H5971}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's{H8010} provision{H3899} for one{H259} day{H3117} was thirty{H7970} measures{H3734} of fine flour{H5560}, and threescore{H8346} measures{H3734} of meal{H7058}, 23 Ten{H6235} fat{H1277} oxen{H1241}, and twenty{H6242} oxen{H1241} out of the pastures{H7471}, and an hundred{H3967} sheep{H6629}, beside harts{H354}, and roebucks{H6643}, and fallowdeer{H3180}, and fatted{H75}{(H8803)} fowl{H1257}.
  • Neh 5:14-15 : 14 Moreover from the time{H3117} that I was appointed{H6680}{(H8765)} to be their governor{H6346} in the land{H776} of Judah{H3063}, from the twentieth{H6242} year{H8141} even unto the two{H8147} and thirtieth{H7970} year{H8141} of Artaxerxes{H783} the king{H4428}, that is, twelve{H8147}{H6240} years{H8141}, I and my brethren{H251} have not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} the bread{H3899} of the governor{H6346}. 15 But the former{H7223} governors{H6346} that had been before{H6440} me were chargeable{H3513}{(H8689)} unto the people{H5971}, and had taken{H3947}{(H8799)} of them bread{H3899} and wine{H3196}, beside{H310} forty{H705} shekels{H8255} of silver{H3701}; yea, even{H1571} their servants{H5288} bare rule{H7980}{(H8804)} over the people{H5971}: but so did{H6213}{(H8804)} not I, because{H6440} of the fear{H3374} of God{H430}.
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The wicked{H7563} borroweth{H3867}{(H8801)}, and payeth not again{H7999}{H8762)}: but the righteous{H6662} sheweth mercy{H2603}{H8802)}, and giveth{H5414}{H8802)}.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 He is ever{H3117} merciful{H2603}{(H8802)}, and lendeth{H3867}{H8688)}; and his seed{H2233} is blessed{H1293}.