31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

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31 (The flax and barley(A) were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.

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28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[a]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia

16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

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16 I have covered my bed
    with colored linens from Egypt.

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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

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Fine embroidered linen(A) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(B)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(C)

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