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1 Kings 5:11-13
Legacy Standard Bible
1 Kings 5:11-13
Legacy Standard Bible
11 (A)Solomon then gave Hiram [a]20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and [b]20 kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. 12 (B)Now Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He [c]promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them cut a covenant.
13 And (C)King Solomon raised up forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers [d]numbered 30,000 men.
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- 1 Kings 5:11 Approx. 130,000 bu. or 4,600 metric tons
- 1 Kings 5:11 Approx. 130 bu. or 4,600 l
- 1 Kings 5:12 Lit spoke to
- 1 Kings 5:13 Lit was
1 Kings 5:11-13
New International Version
1 Kings 5:11-13
New International Version
11 and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors[a] of wheat as food(A) for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths[b][c] of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year. 12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom,(B) just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.(C)
13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(D) from all Israel—thirty thousand men.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 5:11 That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,250 metric tons
- 1 Kings 5:11 Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 2:10); Hebrew twenty cors
- 1 Kings 5:11 That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters
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