1 Kings 4:23

1 Kings 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
• New International Version (NIV)ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.
• English Standard Version (ESV)ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
• New King James Version (NKJV)ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

Context of 1 Kings 4:23

21Now Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute (money) and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22Solomon’s food [for the royal household] for one day was thirty kors of finely milled flour, sixty kors of wheat flour, ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep not counting fallow deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24For he was ruling over everything west of the [Euphrates] River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the [Euphrates] River; and he had peace on all sides around him. 25Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and fig tree [in peace and prosperity], from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south], during all the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 4:23 word by word

עֲשָׂרָ֨ה בָקָ֜ר בְּרִאִ֗ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים בָּקָ֛ר רְעִ֖י וּמֵ֣אָה צֹ֑אן לְ֠בַד מֵֽאַיָּ֤ל וּצְבִי֙ וְיַחְמ֔וּר וּבַרְבֻּרִ֖ים אֲבוּסִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• fatבָּרִיאbârîy' · fatH1277
• oxenבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• and twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• out of the pasturesרְעִיre‛îy · pastureH7471
• and an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• beside hartsאַיָּל'ayâl · deerH354
• and roebucksצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• and fallowdeerיַחְמוּרyachmûr · roebuckH3180
• and fattedאָבַס'âbas · to fattenH75
• fowlבַּרְבֻּרִיםbarbûr · fowlH1257

Cross-references for 1 Kings 4:23

• Nehemiah 5:17Moreover, there were at my table a hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.
• Deuteronomy 15:22You shall eat it within your [city] gates; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as [if it were] a gazelle or a deer.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Harts … - The exact sorts of wild land animals here intended are very uncertain. Perhaps it would be best to translate “wild-goats, gazelles, and wild oxen,” which abounded in the wilder parts of Syria, from where Solomon would be supplied. (See 1 Kings 4:24.) (Yahmur, or the “roebuck,” gives its name to a valley in a wooded district, south of Carmel (Conder).) The use of game at the royal banquets of Assyria appears in the sculptures.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and that princes shall worship him. The spiritual peace, and joy, and holy security, of all the faithful subjects of the Lord Jesus, were typified by that of Israel. The kingdom of God is not, as Solomon's was, meat and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Solomon's court was huge and impressive, shown by the large amount of food it needed each day.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Solomon's provision for one day--not for the king's table only, but for all connected with the court, including, besides the royal establishment, those of his royal consorts, his principal officers, his bodyguards, his foreign visitors, &c. The quantity of fine floor used is estimated at two hundred forty bushels; that of meal or common flour at four hundred eighty. The number of cattle required for consumption, besides poultry and several kinds of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 4:23

• Deer
• Rulers
• Solomon
• Tax

In the dictionaries

• Fallowdeer
• Hart
• Region
• Roe
• Solomon
• Abishag
• Food
• Fowl
• Gazelle
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 1 Kings 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings