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1 Kings 4:22

4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors

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Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,

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

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

4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

What does 1 Kings 4:22 mean?

1 Kings 4:22 is a verse in the book of 1 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh), לֶחֶם (lechem), אֶחָד (ʼechâd). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
Solomon'sשְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôh/shel-o-mo'/H8010Shelomah, David's successor
provisionלֶחֶםlechem/lekh'-em/H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
for
oneאֶחָדʼechâd/ekh-awd'/H259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
was
thirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîym/shel-o-sheem'/H7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
measuresכֹּרkôr/kore/H3734properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
of
fine
flour,סֹלֶתçôleth/so'-leth/H5560flour (as chipped off)
and
threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym/shish-sheem'/H8346sixty
measuresכֹּרkôr/kore/H3734properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
of
meal,קֶמַחqemach/keh'-makh/H7058flour
provision:
Heb.
bread
measures:
Heb.
cors

Commentary on 1 Kings 4:22

HENRY_FULL · 1 Kings 4:22
words of David, which we read in the chapter before, were admirably good, but in this chapter we read of some of his last works, which were none of the best; yet he repented, and did his first works again, and so he finished well. We have here, I. His sin, which was numbering the people in the pride of his heart, ver. 1-9 . II. His conviction of the sin, and repentance for it, ver. 10 . III. The judgment inflicted upon him for it, ver. 11-15 . IV. The staying of the judgment, ver. 16, 17 . V. The erecting of an altar in token of God's reconciliation to him and his people, ver. 18-25 . The People Numbered. ( b. c. 1017.) <

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 8:13

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

Deuteronomy 8:14

Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Judges 20:1

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

1 Kings 2:13

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

1 Kings 3:10

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

1 Kings 8:16

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

1 Kings 17:11

And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

1 Kings 20:23

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Chronicles 21:2

And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:26

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. pride: Heb. lifting up

2 Chronicles 32:31

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. ambassadors: Heb. interpreters

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

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Exodus 29:2

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 5:5

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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1 Kings 4:22 (King James Version) reads: "And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors"

Is 1 Kings 4:22 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Kings 4:22 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Kings.

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