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1 Kings 4:21-24

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21 [a]1Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the 2Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. 3They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors[b] of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
23 ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to 4Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. 5And he had peace on all sides around him.
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1 Kings 4:21-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 4

As in the preceding chapter we have a proof of the wisdom and understanding which the Lord gave to Solomon, as promised, so in this an account is given of the riches and honour he was possessed of; of him, as king over all Israel, and of his princes, 1Ki 4:1-6; of the providers of food for his household in the several parts of the land, 1Ki 4:7-19; of the largeness and extent of his dominions, and of the peace and prosperity thereof, 1Ki 4:20,21,24,25; of his daily provisions for his household and for his cattle, 1Ki 4:22,23,26-28; and of his superior wisdom and knowledge to all others in all nations, which brought some out of all to hear it, 1Ki 4:29-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 9:26
  • 2. Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31; Joshua 1:4; Psalms 72:8
  • 3. Psalms 68:29; Psalms 72:10, 11
  • 4. Genesis 10:19
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 22:9

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
  • [b]. A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
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