1 Kings 4:22

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon’s	שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
provision	לֶֽחֶם le.chem-	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular construct
one	אֶחָ֑ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	לְי֣וֹם le.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים she.lo.Shim	H7970	thirty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
measures	כֹּר֙ kor	H3734	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
flour	סֹ֔לֶת So.let	H5560	flour (as chipped off) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
threescore	וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים ve.shi.Shim	H8346	sixty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
measures	כֹּ֖ר kor	H3734	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
meal	קָֽמַח Ka.mach	H7058	flour · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:20-28

Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be. I. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did when Solomon wore it, never in his father's days, never in the days of any of his successors; nor was that kingdom ever so glorious a type of the kingdom of the Messiah as it was then. The account here given of it is such as fully answers the prophecies which we have concerning it in Ps. 72, which is a psalm for Solomon, but with reference to Christ. 1. The territories of his kingdom were large and its tributaries many; so it was foretold that he should have dominion from sea to sea, Psa 72:8-11. Solomon reigned not…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:22

Solomon's provision for one day--not for the king's table only, but for all connected with the court, including, besides the royal establishment, those of his royal consorts, his principal officers, his bodyguards, his foreign visitors, &c. The quantity of fine floor used is estimated at two hundred forty bushels; that of meal or common flour at four hundred eighty. The number of cattle required for consumption, besides poultry and several kinds of game (which were abundant on the mountains) did not exceed in proportion what is needed in other courts of the East.

Adam Clarke on 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 Deu 12:15; Deu 14:5. Fatted fowl - ברברים אבוסים barburim abusim, I suppose, means all the wild fowls in season during each month. Michaelis derives ברברים barburim from ברא bar…

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Dictionary and topics

Cor — This Hebrew word, untranslated, denotes a round vessel used as a measure both for liquids and solids. It was equal to one homer, and contained ten ephahs in dry and ten baths in liquid measure (Ezek.…
Hamath — Fortress, the capital of one of the kingdoms of Upper Syria of the same name, on the Orontes, in the valley of Lebanon, at the northern boundary of Palestine (Num. 13:21; 34:8), at the foot of Hermon…
Measure — Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere “statute.” (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere “garment.” (c) Middah, the…
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Bread · Ma — Ma
Cor · Ren — Ren
Feasts · Given by kings — Given by kings
Kings · Exercised great hospitality — Exercised great hospitality
Measure · and one-ninth bushels — and one-ninth bushels
Tax · Paid in provisions — Paid in provisions

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:20-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:22

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1 Kings 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:20-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 4:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 4:22

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Kings 4:22

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 4:21-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 4:22-23

Rashi on 1 Kings 4:19