Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Neh 5:17

“The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us.”

“Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews--In the East it has been always customary to calculate the expense of a king's or grandee's establishment, not by the amount of money disbursed, but by the quantity of provisions consumed (see Kg1 4:22; Kg1 18:19; Ecc 5:11). Next: Nehemiah Chapter 6”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.