1 Kings 5:11
(5-25) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10(5-24) So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of cypress according to all his desire.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:22(5-2) And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
1 Chronicles 6:29(6-14) The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;
2 Chronicles 9:22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Psalms 89:1(89-1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89-2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
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 →