22 Solomon’s [a]provision for one day was [b]thirty kors of fine flour and [c]sixty kors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, twenty [d]pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened geese. 24 For he was ruling over everything [e]west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah even to (A)Gaza, (B)over all the kings [f]west of the River; and (C)he had peace on all sides surrounding him.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:22 Lit bread
  2. 1 Kings 4:22 About 231 cubic feet or 6.5 cubic meters
  3. 1 Kings 4:22 About 462 cubic feet or 13 cubic meters
  4. 1 Kings 4:23 Lit oxen of the pasture
  5. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond
  6. 1 Kings 4:24 Lit beyond

22 Solomon’s daily provisions(A) 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.(B) 24 For he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah(C) to Gaza, and had peace(D) on all sides.

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  1. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 5 1/2 tons or about 5 metric tons
  2. 1 Kings 4:22 That is, probably about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons