1 Kings 4:22

22 Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors[b] of meal,

1 Kings 4:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 The daily food requirements for Solomon’s palace were 150 bushels of choice flour and 300 bushels of meal ;
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 One day's food supply for Solomon's household was: 185 bushels of fine flour 375 bushels of meal 10 grain-fed cattle 20 range cattle 100 sheep and miscellaneous deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice fowl.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 Solomon's food supply for one day was 180 bushels of flour, 360 bushels of coarse flour,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 Solomon's provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 Here are the supplies Solomon required every day.

1 Kings 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:22

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
fine flour
The measure here used was the "corus", or "cor", the same with the homer, which was equal to ten ephahs, and, according to Bishop Cumberland F23, held seventy five wine gallons and five pints, and somewhat more; by which may be known how many gallons of fine flour these thirty measures held, which were all consumed in one day:

and threescore measures of meal:
sixty measures of a coarser sort, for the servants, not so finely dressed; the same measure is here used as before; and it is observed by some, that one cor is equivalent to six hundred forty eight Roman pounds, and allowing to one man two pounds a day for his food, there would be food enough for 29,160 men out of 90 times 648, or 58,320 pounds F24. Others exaggerate the account; Vilalpandus says it would have sufficed 48,600 persons; Seth Calvisius 54,000, and Salianus 70,000 F25; the Jews say F26 that he had 60,000 that ate at his table; that is, who were maintained at his court.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 3. p. 86.
F24 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. p. 516.
F25 Vid. Witsii Miscellan. tom. 2. exercit. 10. sect. 26.
F26 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 8. 2.

1 Kings 4:22 In-Context

20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.
21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
22 Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors of the finest flour and sixty cors of meal,
23 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.
24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and had peace on all sides.

Cross References 1

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
  • [b]. That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
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