1 Kings 4:22

1 Kings 4:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
• New International Version (NIV)Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors of the finest flour and sixty cors of meal,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,

Context of 1 Kings 4:22

20The people in Judah and Israel were too many to count. There were as many of them as the sand on the shore of the sea. They had enough to eat and to drink and they were happy. 21Solomon ruled over all the nations from the Euphrates river to the land of the Philistines, as far as Egypt's border. The people of these kingdoms paid taxes to Solomon. They served him all the days of his life. This is the food that Solomon and the people in his palace ate each day: 5,000 litres of flour. 10,000 litres of grain. 2310 fat calves that they fed with grain. 20 calves that ate grass in the fields. 100 sheep. Many kinds of deer and fat birds. 24Solomon ruled all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza. There was peace in all these places.

1 Kings 4:22 word by word

וַיְהִ֥י לֶֽחֶם־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְי֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כֹּר֙ סֹ֔לֶת וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים כֹּ֖ר קָֽמַח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• provisionלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: allowanceH3899
• for oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• was thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• measuresכֹּרkôr · korH3734
• of fine flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• and threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• of mealקֶ֫מַחqemach · flourH7058

Commentaries on 1 Kings 4:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Solomon's provision for one day: - Of fine flour 30 measures, or cors. Of meal 60 ditto. Stall-fed oxen 10 Ditto from the pasture 20 Sheep 100; with harts, roebucks, fallow deer, and fat fowls. The כר cor was the same as the homer, and contained nearly seventy-six gallons, wine measure, according to Bishop Cumberland. Sheep - צאן tson, comprehending both sheep and goats. Harts - מאיל meaiyal, the deer. Roebucks - צבי tsebi, the gazal, antelope, or wild…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Thirty measures - (margin, cors) The cor, which was the same measure as the homer, is computed, on the authority of Josephus, at 86 English gallons, on the authority of the rabbinical writers at 44. Thirty cors, even at the lower estimate, would equal 1,320 gallons, or 33 of our “sacks;” and the 90 cors of fine and coarse flour would altogether equal 99 sacks. From the quantity of flour consumed, it has been conjectured that the number of those who fed at…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 4:22

• Bread
• Cor
• Feasts
• Measure
• Rulers
• Solomon
• Tax

In the dictionaries

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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