Solomon then gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pure oil; this is what Solomon would give Hiram year by year.
Parallel translations
- WEB Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty cors of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
- KJV And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
- BSB and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
- NKJV And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
- NLT In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil.
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Quick answer
In return Solomon gave Hiram large yearly supplies of wheat and pure oil. The exchange was generous and ongoing.
Overview
Solomon paid Hiram with the rich agricultural produce of Israel, year after year. The arrangement was fair and sustained, reflecting honorable dealing between the kings. This mutual benefit displays the prosperity and good order of Solomon's reign, all serving the building of God's temple.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 2 Chr 2:10Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
- 1 Kgs 4:22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
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