1 Kings 5:11
11and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors ▼▼sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
of wheat as provision for his royal court, ▼▼tn Heb “his house.”
as well as 120,000 gallons ▼▼tc The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “20,000 baths.”
▼▼sn A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).
of pure ▼▼tn Or “pressed.”
olive oil. ▼▼tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
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