1 Chronicles 12:40 (KJV)

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Moreover they that were nigh them even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali brought bread on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen and meat meal cakes of figs and bunches of raisins and wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly for there was joy in Israel

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brought.The Septuagint reads [ ,] "brought (to) them" which is probably correct; the Hebrew {lahem,} "to them" might be easily mistaken for {lechem,} "bread." The passage will then read, "bought them on asses, on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, meat, meal, cakes of figs," etc., which renders the introduction of and unnecessary. From the mention of oil, figs, and raisins, Mr. Harmer thinks that this assembly was held in autumn. 2Sa 16:1 2Sa 17:27-29

meat, meal. or, victual of meal. cakes of figs. 1Sa 25:18

there was joy. 1Ki 1:40 2Ki 11:20 Pr 11:10 Pr 29:2 Jer 23:5 Jer 23:6 Lu 19:37 Lu 19:38 Re 19:5-7

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