1 Kings 5:11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees [according to] all his desire.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:22And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
2 Chronicles 9:22And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Psalms 89:1{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness 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 →