10 So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, 11 while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors[a] of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000[b] cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, (A)as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:11 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  2. 1 Kings 5:11 Septuagint; Hebrew twenty

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.

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10 So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, everything he needed.[a] 11 Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty dry measures of specially prepared olive oil;[b] thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year. 12 Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised to him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made[c] a covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:10 Literally “all of his desire”
  2. 1 Kings 5:11 Literally “beaten olive oil”
  3. 1 Kings 5:12 Literally “cut”