1 Kings 4:22
20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21 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,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
- KJV
- And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
- WEB
- Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
- ASV
- And Solomon`s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
- DARBY
- And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
- BLB
- And the provision of Solomon for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,
- ÅB
- Av fødevarer gikk det hos Salomo for hver dag med tretti kor fint mel og seksti kor vanlig mel,
- OTB
- Salomos daglige forsyning inkluderte tretti kor fint mel, og seksti kor mel,
- B1930
- Av fødevarer gikk det hos Salomo for hver dag med tretti kor fint mel og seksti kor vanlig mel,