Berean Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:9-11
9My servantsH5650 will haul the logsH3381 fromH4480 LebanonH3844 to the SeaH3220,1 and IH589 will float themH7760 as raftsH1702 by seaH3220 toH5704 the placeH4725 you specifyH7971H413. ThereH8033 I will separateH5310 the logs, and youH859 can take them awayH5375. And in exchange, youH859 can meetH6213 my needsH2656 by providingH5414 my householdH1004 with foodH3899.”
10SoH1961 HiramH2438 providedH5414 SolomonH8010 with allH3605 the cedarH730H6086 and cypressH1265 timberH6086 he wantedH2656, 11and yearH8141 after yearH8141 SolomonH8010 would provideH5414 HiramH2438 with 20,000H6242H505 corsH3734 of wheatH24062 as foodH4361 for his householdH1004, as well as 20,000H6242 baths of pure olive oilH8081H3795.3
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 5:9 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 5:11 20,000 cors is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat). ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 5:11 LXX (see also 2 Chronicles 2:10); 20,000 baths is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of olive oil; Hebrew twenty cors of pure oil or twenty cors of pressed oil ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 5
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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