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1 Kings 4:22 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 4 · verse 22
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,1 Kings 4:22 · King James Version
1 Kings 4:22 in context
20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21And 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.
22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- threescoreshishshîymsixtyH8346 →
- Solomon'sShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- provisionlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- measureskôrproperly, a deep round vesselH3734 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- flourçôlethflourH5560 →
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Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be. I. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did when Solomon wore it, never in his father's days, never in the days of any of his successors;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-28