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21 Solomon was ruling all the kingdoms from the River[a] to the land of the Philistines, up to the border of Egypt. They sent tribute and workers to Solomon all the days of his life.[b] 22 Solomon’s provisions for one day were one hundred eighty bushels[c] of fine flour and three hundred sixty bushels[d] of plain flour, 23 ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, not to mention deer, gazelle, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:21 That is, the Euphrates
  2. 1 Kings 4:21 The chapter division is different in the Hebrew text. English 4:21-34 equals Hebrew 5:1-14. English 5:1-18 equals Hebrew 5:15-32.
  3. 1 Kings 4:22 Literally thirty cors. The sizes of the cor and other ancient measures of volume are uncertain. Thirty cors may be about five tons.
  4. 1 Kings 4:22 Literally sixty cors