1 Kings 5:11

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.

And Solomon {H8010} gave {H5414} Hiram {H2438} twenty {H6242} thousand {H505} measures {H3734} of wheat {H2406} for food {H4361} to his household {H1004}, and twenty {H6242} measures {H3734} of pure {H3795} oil {H8081}: thus gave {H5414} Solomon {H8010} to Hiram {H2438} year {H8141} by year {H8141}.

and Shlomo gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and a thousand gallons of oil from pressed olives - this is what Shlomo gave Hiram each year.

and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 2:10 (3 votes)

    And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

  • 1 Kings 4:22 (2 votes)

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