1Sa 8:12, Isa 30:24 | JFB | STEP | 12. he will appoint him captains —In the East, a person must accept any office to which he may be nominated by the king, however irksome it may be to his taste or ruinous to his interests.

1 Samuel 8:12

12. he will appoint him captains—In the East, a person must accept any office to which he may be nominated by the king, however irksome it may be to his taste or ruinous to his interests.

Isaiah 30:24

24. ear—that is, till. Asses were employed in tillage, as well as oxen (De 22:10).

clean—rather, salted provender [GESENIUS]. The Arab proverb is, "Sweet provender is as bread to camels—salted provender as confectionery." The very cattle shall share the coming felicity. Or else, well-fermented maslin, that is, provender formed of a mixture of various substances: grain, beans, vetches, hay, and salt.

winnowed—not as it is usually given to cattle before it is separated from the chaff; the grain shall be so abundant that it shall be given winnowed.

shovel—by which the grain was thrown up in the wind to separate it from the chaff.

fan—an instrument for winnowing.