1 Kings 5 · Verse 11

1 Kings 5:11

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.
1 Kings 5:11, King James Version

1 Kings 5:11 in other translations

BSBand 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.
WEBSolomon 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.
DARBYAnd Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
BBEAnd Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Kings 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. food to his household--This was an annual supply for the palace, different from that mentioned in 2Ch 2:10, which was for the workmen in the forests. 1Ki 5:13-18. Solomon's Workmen and Laborers.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 And Solomon gave Hiram, etc. - The information in this verse of the annual stipend paid to Hiram, is deficient, and must be supplied out of 2Chr 2:10. Here twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty measures of pure oil, is all that is promised: there, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, twenty thousand measures of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil, is the stipulation; unless we suppose the first to be for Hiram's own family, the latter for his workmen. Instead of twenty measures of oil, the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint, have twenty thousand measures, as in Chronicles. In 2 Chron., instead of cors of oil, it is baths. The bath was a measure much less than the cor.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 5:10-18

The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones…

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1 Kings 5:11 in the original Hebrew

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וּשְׁלֹמֹה֩u.she.lo.Mohand SolomonH8010
נָתַ֨ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
לְחִירָ֜םle.chi.Ramto HiramH2438
עֶשְׂרִים֩'es.RimtwentyH6242
אֶ֨לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
כֹּ֤רkorcor[s] ofH3734
חִטִּים֙chi.Timwheat<s>H2406
מַכֹּ֣לֶתma.Ko.letfoodH4361
לְבֵית֔וֹle.vei.Tofor household hisH1004
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
כֹּ֖רkorcor[s] ofH3734
שֶׁ֣מֶןShe.menoilH8081
כָּתִ֑יתka.TitpressedH3795
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
יִתֵּ֧ןyi.Tenhe gaveH5414
שְׁלֹמֹ֛הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
לְחִירָ֖םle.chi.Ramto HiramH2438
שָׁנָ֥הsha.Naha yearH8141
בְשָׁנָֽה\׃\ \פve.sha.Nahin a yearH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 5:11

  • 2 Chronicles 2:10

    And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

  • 1 Kings 4:22

    And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
measures. Heb. cors.
4:22; *marg:
2Ch 2:10
twenty measures."Twenty thousand baths of oil" are mentioned in Chronicles; and the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint also have here "twenty thousand measures." But as barley and wine are also spoken of there, it is probable that the wheat mentioned here, and the small quantity of fine oil, were intended for the use of Hiram's own family, while that in Chronicles was for his workmen.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 5:10

    So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

  • 1 Kings 5:11

    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.

  • 1 Kings 5:12

    And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

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1 Kings 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Salomón daba á Hiram veinte mil coros de trigo para el sustento de su familia, y veinte coros de aceite limpio: esto daba Salomón á Hiram cada un año.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il était plus sage qu’aucun homme, plus qu’Éthan, l’Ezrakhite, et qu’Héman, et Calcol, et Darda, les fils de Makhol. Et sa renommée était répandue parmi toutes les nations, à l’entour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Salomo aber gab Hiram 20000 Kor Weizen zur Nahrung für sein Haus, und zwanzig Kor zerstoßenes Öl: so gab Salomo dem Hiram Jahr für Jahr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Salomon autem præbebat Hiram coros tritici viginti millia in cibum domui ejus, et viginti coros purissimi olei: hæc tribuebat Salomon Hiram per singulos annos.