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1 Kings 5:10-14
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1 Kings 5:10-14
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10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,[a] 11 and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors [b] of wheat as provision for his royal court,[c] as well as 120,000 gallons[d] of pure[e] olive oil.[f] 12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.[g]
13 King Solomon conscripted[h] work crews[i] from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of[j] the work crews.
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- 1 Kings 5:10 tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
- 1 Kings 5:11 sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
- 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “his house.”
- 1 Kings 5:11 tc The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “20,000 baths.” sn A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).
- 1 Kings 5:11 tn Or “pressed.”
- 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
- 1 Kings 5:12 tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.
- 1 Kings 5:13 tn Heb “raised up.”
- 1 Kings 5:13 sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
- 1 Kings 5:14 tn Heb “was over.”
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