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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Magnificence of Solomon’s Rule
[[20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.(A) 21 [a]Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.[b](B)]]
22 Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of choice flour and sixty cors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates,[c] and he had peace on all sides.(C) 25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees.(D) 26 Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.(E) 27 Those officials supplied provisions for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking.(F) 28 They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.
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