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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 5:11

Twenty measures of pure oil— In the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 2:10 it is twenty thousand baths of oil, which has the sanction of many of the versions, and seems the most probable reading in this place: and so in the 16th verse, instead of three hundred, it is six hundred in the Chronicles; to which reading the LXX give their authority.

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See also 1 Kings 5:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 5:11. _AND SOLOMON GAVE HIRAM, C._] The information in this verse of the annual stipend paid to Hiram, is _deficient_, and must be supplied out of 2 Chronicles 2:10. Here _twenty thousa...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The number of measures of wheat was considerably less than Solomon’s own annual consumption, which exceeded 32,000 cors 1 Kings 4:22; but the small amount of twenty cors of oil, which seems at first s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS DEDICATION CHAPTER 5 Hiram King of Tyre _ 1. Hiram sends servants to Solomon (1 Kings 5:1)_ 2. The message of Solomon (1 Kings 5:2) 3. Hiram's answer and leag...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S ALLIANCE WITH HIRAM. PREPARATION FOR THE TEMPLE. This chapter has a few Deuteronomic additions (1 Kings 5:3 and 1 Kings 5:12). In 1 Kings 5:4 there is a truly Deuteronomic touch: the one san...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GAVE. Not the same as 2 Chronicles 2:10. That was for Hiram's _workmen_ in Lebanon. This was for his royal household at Tyre. MEASURES. See App-51. PURE. bruised (as in. mortar), not crushed in. pre...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Solomon gave Hiram_ The supply mentioned by the Chronicler (2 Chronicles 2:10) is more than what is here stated. There the payment is 20,000 measures of beaten wheat, 20,000 measures of barley, 2...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE 5:1-18 Preparations for Temple construction commenced long before Solomon ascended the throne. The Temple siteMt. Moriahhad been indicated by God to David in co...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Food to his household. This was an a...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:11 measures (b-7) measures (b-17) Heb. _ Cor_ . see ch. 4.22....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MEASURES] Heb. _cors_ (see on 1 Kings 4:22). For TWENTY MEASURES OF PURE OIL LXX has '20,000 baths of oil' (a 'bath' being one-tenth of a 'cor': cp. 2 Chronicles 2:10. For the export of corn and other...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S PREPARATIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE 1. Hiram] see 2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 14:1. It has been questioned whether this Hiram, who was living as late as Solomon's twentieth year (1 Kings 9:10)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 HIRAM ASSISTS SOLOMON Solomon’s first task as king was the construction of the *temple at Jerusalem. This would be a splendid building...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TWENTY THOUSAND MEASURES OF WHEAT. — This agrees well enough with the calculation in 1 Kings 4:22 of ninety measures a day — something over 32,000 a year — for Solomon’s Court, presumably greater than...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Kings 5:25]_ וּ שְׁלֹמֹה֩ נָתַ֨ן לְ חִירָ֜ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT TASK 1 Kings 5:7 It was good for Hiram and his Tyrians to be associated with the servants of Solomon. Together they hewed immense blocks of stone, some of which were thirty...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Solomon turned his attention to building the Temple immediately after he had set his kingdom in order. The first movement in this direction was the treaty with Hiram, and sending relays of men to the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Wheat, "ground or beaten." (Hebrew; Paralipomenon) (Haydock) --- By comparing this passage with chap. iv. 22, we may see how much the court of Solomon surpassed that of Hiram. The former consumed 90 m...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) В¶ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. (11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pur...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. Chapter 4 contains an enumeration of the officers who served Solomon, and upheld the glory of his throne; and then, the manner in which the whole co...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SOLOMON GAVE HIRAM TWENTY THOUSAND MEASURES OF WHEAT [FOR] FOOD TO HIS HOUSEHOLD,.... This measure was the Hebrew measure "cor", or "corus", and, according to Bishop Cumberland e, its contents wer...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 11. _And Solomon gave Hiram._] Her...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees_ That is, he agreed to give him all that he desired; but the trees were not yet cut down and prepared. _Twenty thousand measures of wheat_ Each measure spoken of her...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [HIRAMS PROMISE TO SOLOMON.] 1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified of his purpose to build the Temple, and desired to furnish him with timber thereto. 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING MATERIAL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, about 260,000 bushels, FOR FOOD TO HIS HOUSEHOLD, AND TWENTY MEASURES OF PURE OIL, a little more than 1,600 gallons, this oil being obtained,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (vs.1-18) God had told David that Solomon would build a house for Him (2 Samuel 7:12), and David therefore prepared many materials for this. We read now of Solomon making...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MEASURES: _ Heb._ cors...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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. Chris...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TWENTY MEASURES OF PURE OIL, Heb. _twenty cors_ OF PURE OIL; but in 2 CHRONICLES 2:10, it is _twenty thousand baths of oil_; to which is there added _twenty thousand measures of barley_, and _twenty t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 5:11 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 (H8804) Hiram H2438 twenty H6242 thousand H505 kors H3734 wheat H2406 food...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Preparation for building the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Satan does all he can to hinder the work of God's temple; but when he is withheld for a time, we should be...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 5:1. _Tyre,_ situate on a strong island, was anciently called Zor or Zur, Thevenot supposes from Syria. The Arabs still call it Sor. 1 Kings 5:15. _Threescore and ten thousand._ If we add the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When Hiram heard the words of Solomon._ HIRAM AND SOLOMON I. Gratification. Hiram “rejoiced greatly” when he heard the words of King Solomon. This arose partly from the love he bore to his father D...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon _. .. _ to build the house._ THE CO-OPERATION OF HIRAM According to tradition, Hiram was a tributary or dependent monarch. The embassy which Hiram s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 5:9 MY SERVANTS SHALL BRING IT DOWN. Hiram responds with proposals of his own—that his own men should cut the wood and transport it down the coast to Israel, and that Solomon’s...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TYRIAN KING CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 5:1. HIRAM, KING OF TYRE, called _Hirom_ (1 Kings 5:7; 1 Kings 5:9), _Huram_ ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON AND HIRAM—The somewhat detailed description which we have had in 1 Kings 4:1. of Solomon's pomp and power and wisdom, is followed in 1 Kings 5:1. sqq. by an account of what, in Jewi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Hiram the king of Tyre when he heard that Solomon was upon the throne in place of his David: for Hiram was always a great admirer of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, and he said, You know how that...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 4:22; 2 Chronicles 2:10...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Measures — Heb. twenty cors pure oil; but in 2 Chronicles 2:10, it is twenty thousand baths of oil. To which there is added twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine. Eithe...

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