11. food to his household—This was an annual supply for the palace, different from that mentioned in 2Ch 2:10, which was for the workmen in the forests.

     1Ki 5:13-18. SOLOMON'S WORKMEN AND LABORERS.

     7. They gave . . . meat . . . drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon—They opened negotiations with the Tyrians for workmen, as well as for timber, on the same terms and with the same views as Solomon had done (1Ki 5:11; 2Ch 2:15, 16).

     Ezr 3:8-13. THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID.

     20. Herod was . . . displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon—for some reason unknown; but the effect on their commercial relations made the latter glad to sue for peace.