1 Kings 4:22

Easy-to-Read Version

This is the amount of food that Solomon needed each day for himself and for everyone who ate at his table: 150 bushels of fine flour, 300 bushels of flour, 10 cattle that were fed grain, 20 cattle that were raised in the fields, 100 sheep, wild animals such as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and game birds.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon’s provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal,

Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

King James Version
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

English Standard Version
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,

New Century Version
Solomon needed much food each day to feed himself and all the people who ate at his table: one hundred ninety-five bushels of fine flour, three hundred ninety bushels of grain,

New English Translation
Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

Amplified Bible
Solomon's food [for the royal household] for one day was thirty kors of finely milled flour, sixty kors of wheat flour,

New American Standard Bible
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

Legacy Standard Bible
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

Contemporary English Version
Every day, Solomon needed one hundred fifty bushels of fine flour, three hundred bushels of coarsely-ground flour,

Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo was king over all Isra'el, and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen; Elichoref and Achiyah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud, secretary of state; B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim; ‘Azaryah the son of Natan, chief administrator; Zavud the son of Natan, the king's trusted counselor; Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of ‘Avda, in charge of forced labor. Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year. They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim; the son of Deker, in Makatz, Sha‘albim, Beit-Shemesh and Eilon-Beit-Hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubot; he also had charge of Sokhoh and all the territory of Hefer; the son of Avinadav, in all the area of Dor; he had Tafat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Achilud, in Ta‘anakh, Megiddo, and all Beit-Sh'an by Tzartan below Yizre‘el, from Beit-Sh'an to Avel-M'cholah, as far as beyond Yokme‘am; the son of Gever, in Ramot-Gil‘ad; he was in charge of the villages of Ya'ir the son of M'nasheh in Gil‘ad and in charge of the region of Argov in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze bars; Achinadav the son of ‘Iddo, in Machanayim; Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Alot; Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar; Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil‘ad, the country of Sichon king of the Emori and ‘Og king of Bashan. Over all these, there was one administrator in the land. Y'hudah and Isra'el were as numerous as sand grains on the seashore; they ate, drank and enjoyed themselves.

Darby Translation
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

George Lamsa Translation
And Solomons provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,

Good News Translation
The supplies Solomon needed each day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal;

Lexham English Bible
The food of Solomon for one day was thirty dry measures of choice meal and sixty dry measures of flour;

Literal Translation
And Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles thirtye quarters of fyne meel, threscore quarters of other meel,

American Standard Version
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

Bible in Basic English
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomons bread for one day was thirtie quarters of manchet flowre, & threescore quarters of meale:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="1ki.4.1" class="versetxt"> And king Solomon was king over all Israel. And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend; and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher; the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam; the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars; Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife; Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was [over all the officers] in the land. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

King James Version (1611)
And Solomons prouision for one day, was thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these were the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,

English Revised Version
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

Berean Standard Bible
Solomon's provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the mete of Salomon was bi ech day, thritti chorus of clene flour of whete, and sixti chorus of mele,

Young's Literal Translation
And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;

Update Bible Version
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and threescore cors of meal,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal.

World English Bible
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

New King James Version
Now Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,

New Living Translation
The daily food requirements for Solomon's palace were 150 bushels of choice flour and 300 bushels of meal;

New Life Bible
The food brought to Solomon for one day was 300 baskets of fine flour, 600 baskets of seeds,

New Revised Standard
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of choice flour, and sixty cors of meal,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, that Solomon's provision for one day was, - thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the provision of Solomon, for each day, was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;

Revised Standard Version
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,

THE MESSAGE
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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,

Contextual Overview

²⁰ In Judah and Israel there were as many people as sand on the seashore. The people were happy and had plenty to eat and drink. ²¹ Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines. His kingdom went as far as the border of Egypt. These countries sent gifts to Solomon, and they obeyed him all of his life. ²²This is the amount of food that Solomon needed each day for himself and for everyone who ate at his table: 150 bushels of fine flour, 300 bushels of flour, 10 cattle that were fed grain, 20 cattle that were raised in the fields, 100 sheep, wild animals such as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and game birds. ²⁴ Solomon ruled over all the countries west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And Solomon had peace along all the borders of his kingdom. ²⁵ During Solomon's life everyone in Judah and Israel, all the way from Dan to Beersheba, lived in peace and security. The people were at peace sitting under their own fig trees and grapevines. ²⁶ Solomon had places to keep 4000 horses for his chariots and he had 12,000 horse soldiers. ²⁷ And each month one of the twelve district governors gave King Solomon everything he needed for all the people who ate at the king's table. ²⁸ The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Everyone brought this grain to the necessary places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

provision: Heb. bread

measures: Heb. cors, 1 Kings 4:22

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:12 - and will set 1 Kings 5:11 - measures 1 Kings 10:5 - the meat 1 Kings 12:4 - our yoke 2 Chronicles 9:4 - the meat Nehemiah 5:18 - Now that Proverbs 24:4 - General Ecclesiastes 5:11 - they Isaiah 3:7 - neither bread Daniel 1:5 - a daily

Cross-References

Exodus 25:3
Here is the list of the things that you should accept from the people: gold, silver, and bronze;

Numbers 31:22
You must put gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead into the fire and then wash these things with the special water to make them pure. If something can be put in the fire, you must put it in fire to purify it. If things cannot be put in fire, you must still wash them with the special water.

Deuteronomy 8:9
There you will have plenty of food and everything you need. It is a land where the rocks are iron. You can dig copper out of the hills.

Deuteronomy 33:25
Your gates will have locks made from iron and bronze. You will be strong all your life."

2 Chronicles 2:7
"Now I would like you to send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. He must know how to work with purple, red, and blue cloth. He will work here in Judah and Jerusalem with the craftsmen my father chose.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 w, 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 x. Others exaggerate the account; Vilalpandus says it would have sufficed 48,600 persons; Seth Calvisius 54,000, and Salianus 70,000 y; the Jews say z that he had 60,000 that ate at his table; that is, who were maintained at his court.

w Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 3. p. 86. x Vid. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. p. 516. y Vid. Witsii Miscellan. tom. 2. exercit. 10. sect. 26. z Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 8. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thirty measures - (margin, cors) The cor, which was the same measure as the homer, is computed, on the authority of Josephus, at 86 English gallons, on the authority of the rabbinical writers at 44. Thirty cors, even at the lower estimate, would equal 1,320 gallons, or 33 of our “sacks;” and the 90 cors of fine and coarse flour would altogether equal 99 sacks. From the quantity of flour consumed, it has been conjectured that the number of those who fed at the royal board was 14,000.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 4:22. Solomon's provision for one day: -

Of fine flour . . . . . . 30 measures, or cors.

Of meal . . . . . . . . . 60 ditto.

Stall-fed oxen. . . . . . 10

Ditto from the pasture. . 20

Sheep . . . . . . . . . . 100; with harts, roebucks, fallow deer, and fat fowls.

The כר cor was the same as the homer, and contained nearly seventy-six gallons, wine measure, according to Bishop Cumberland.

Sheep — צאן tson, comprehending both sheep and goats.

Harts — מאיל meaiyal, the deer.

Roebucks — צבי tsebi, the gazal, antelope, or wild goat.

Fallow deer — יחמור yachmur, the buffalo. See the notes on Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 14:5.

Fatted fowl. — ברברים אבוסים barburim abusim, I suppose, means all the wild fowls in season during each month. Michaelis derives barburim from ברא bara, which in Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, signifies a field, a desert; all that is without the cities and habitations of men: hence חיות ברא cheyvath bara, wild beasts, Daniel 2:38, תור בר tor bar, wild bull; and therefore barburim may signify creatures living in the fields, woods, and deserts, which are taken by hunting, and opposed to those which are domesticated; and, consequently, may include beasts as well as fowls. Many have translated the word capons; but, query, was any such thing known among the ancient Jews? Solomon's table, therefore, was spread with all the necessaries and delicacies which the house or the field could afford.

But how immense must the number of men have been who were fed daily at the palace of the Israelitish king! Vilalpandus computes the number to be not less than forty-eight thousand, six hundred; and Calvisius makes, by estimation from the consumption of food, fifty-four thousand! These must have included all his guards, each of whom received a ration from the king's store.