Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Over the household - Comptroller of the household, like the "Steward" of the Persian court. On the importance of this office, see II Kings 18:18, and compare Isaiah 22:15-25.
The tribute - The marginal reading, "levy," is preferable. The reference is to the forced laborers whom Solomon employed in his great works (marginal reference).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 4:6:
2 Samuel 8:16-18
2 Samuel 20:23
2 Kings 10:5
2 Kings 18:18
Isaiah 31:8
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