1 Kings 4:22
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
Note 30 cors is approximately 187 bushels or 6,600 liters (probably about 5.5 tons or 5 metric tons of flour).
Note 60 cors is approximately 375 bushels or 13,200 liters (probably about 11 tons or 10 metric tons of meal).
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Note provision: Heb. bread
Note measures: Heb. cors
Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
Note 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- provision
- Heb. bread. measures. Heb. cors.
- 1 Kings 4:22