1 Kings 5:11

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

In Context

10So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

12Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:22And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;

1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

2 Chronicles 9:22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

Psalms 89:1Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:11-18

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a… Read the whole commentary →

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