^5:10So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,¹⁵^5:11and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors¹⁶ of wheat as provision for his royal court,¹⁷ as well as 20,000 baths¹⁸ of pure¹⁹ olive oil.²⁰

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Footnotes

15 Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
16 As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
17 Heb “his house.”
18 The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “twenty thousand baths.” A bath was a liquid measure equivalent to almost six gallons.
19 Or “pressed.”
20 Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with twenty thousand cors of wheat … pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, and Solomon provided Hiram with one hundred twenty thousand bushels of wheat as food for his household and one hundred twenty thousand gallons of oil from crushed olives. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired. In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, everything he needed. Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty dry measures of specially prepared olive oil; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

KJV 1900King James Version

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 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.

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