The Meaning of 1 Kings 4:22 Explained

1 Kings 4:22

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

YLT: And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;

Darby: And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Kings 4:22 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 4:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 4

1  Solomon's princes
7  His twelve officers for provision
20  The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22  His daily provision
26  His stable
29  His wisdom

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 4:22 mean?

And was provision of Solomon for day one thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal
וַיְהִ֥י לֶֽחֶם־ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְי֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כֹּר֙ סֹ֔לֶת וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים כֹּ֖ר קָֽמַח

וַיְהִ֥י  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לֶֽחֶם־  provision 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה  of  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
לְי֣וֹם  for  day 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֶחָ֑ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים  thirty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
כֹּר֙  kors 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּר 
Sense: kor, a measure (usually dry).
סֹ֔לֶת  of  fine  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים  and  sixty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
כֹּ֖ר  kors 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּר 
Sense: kor, a measure (usually dry).
קָֽמַח  of  meal 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֶמַח  
Sense: flour, meal, meal flour.

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