22 Solomon's daily provisions were thirty cors[1] of the finest flour and sixty cors[2] of meal,

Other Translations of 1 Kings 4:22

King James Version

22 And Solomon's provision provision: Heb. bread for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

English Standard Version

22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty corsA cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,

The Message

22 One day's food supply for Solomon's household was: 185 bushels of fine flour 375 bushels of meal 10 grain-fed cattle 20 range cattle 100 sheep and miscellaneous deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice fowl.

New King James Version

22 Now Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,

New Living Translation

22 The daily food requirements for Solomon's palace were 150 bushels of choice flour and 300 bushels of meal ;

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 4:22

Commentary on 1 Kings 4:20-28

(Read 1 Kings 4:20-28)

Never did the crown of Israel shine so bright, as when Solomon wore it. He had peace on all sides. Herein, his kingdom was a type of the Messiah's; for to Him it is promised that he shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and that princes shall worship him. The spiritual peace, and joy, and holy security, of all the faithful subjects of the Lord Jesus, were typified by that of Israel. The kingdom of God is not, as Solomon's was, meat and drink, but, what is infinitely better, righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. The vast number of his attendants, and the great resort to him, are shown by the provision daily made. Herein Christ far outdoes Solomon, that he feeds all his subjects, not with the bread that perishes, but with that which endures to eternal life.