1 Kings 5:11

Then Solomon offered to Hiram twenty thousand cor of wheat, as food for his house, and twenty cor of the purest oil. These things Solomon gave as a tribute to Hiram every year.

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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

10And so, Hiram gave to Solomon cedar trees and spruce trees, in accord with his whole will.

12And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he said to him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two struck a pact.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:22And the provisions of Solomon, for each day, were thirty cor of fine wheat flour, and sixty cor of meal,

1 Chronicles 6:29Now the sons of Merari were: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

2 Chronicles 9:22And so, Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in wealth and glory.

Psalms 89:1A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

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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