| Geneva Study Bible And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: Wesley's Notes 27:27 Vineyards - Over the workmen and labourers in the vineyards; as the next officer is over the fruit of the vineyards. In like manner, one man was over the labourers in the fields, ver.26, and another over the fruits of the fields put into stores. King James Translators' Notes over the increase...: Heb. over that which was of the vineyards Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 27. the vineyards-These seem to have been in the vine growing districts of Judah, and were committed to two men of that quarter. wine-cellars-The wine is deposited in jars sunk in the court of the house. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 27:16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. | 
