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1 Kings 4:20-28
Legacy Standard Bible
1 Kings 4:20-28
Legacy Standard Bible
Judah’s and Israel’s Abundance and Security
20 (A)Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the [a]seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and being glad.
21 [b](B)Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms (C)from the [c]River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; (D)they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And Solomon’s [d]provision for one day was [e]thirty kors of fine flour and [f]sixty kors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, twenty [g]pasture-fed oxen, one hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24 For he had dominion over everything [h]west of the [i]River, from Tiphsah even to (E)Gaza, (F)over all the kings [j]west of the [k]River; and (G)he had peace on all sides around about him. 25 (H)So Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and his fig tree, (I)from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 (J)Solomon had [l]40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27 And these deputies sustained King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. 28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and (K)swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.
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- 1 Kings 4:20 Lit sea
- 1 Kings 4:21 Ch 5:1 in Heb
- 1 Kings 4:21 The Euphrates River
- 1 Kings 4:22 Lit bread
- 1 Kings 4:22 Approx. 195 bu. or 6.9 metric tons, a kor was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
- 1 Kings 4:22 Approx. 390 bu. or 13.8 metric tons
- 1 Kings 4:23 Lit oxen of the pasture
- 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
- 1 Kings 4:24 The Euphrates River
- 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
- 1 Kings 4:24 The Euphrates River
- 1 Kings 4:26 One ms 4,000, cf. 2 Chr 9:25
1 Kings 4:20-28
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1 Kings 4:20-28
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Solomon’s Daily Provisions
20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand(A) on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.(B) 21 And Solomon ruled(C) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(D) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(E) These countries brought tribute(F) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
22 Solomon’s daily provisions(G) were thirty cors[a] of the finest flour and sixty cors[b] of meal, 23 ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.(H) 24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(I) to Gaza, and had peace(J) on all sides. 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(K) lived in safety,(L) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(M)
26 Solomon had four[c] thousand stalls for chariot horses,(N) and twelve thousand horses.[d]
27 The district governors,(O) each in his month, supplied provisions for King Solomon and all who came to the king’s table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. 28 They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
- 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
- 1 Kings 4:26 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 9:25); Hebrew forty
- 1 Kings 4:26 Or charioteers
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