King James Version
1 Kings 4:22 in the King James Version says “And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. ...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors”
1 Kings 4:22 · KJV
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“measures”
H3734properly, a deep round vessel, i.e., (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
“measures”
H3734properly, a deep round vessel, i.e., (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry
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