1 Kings 5:11-13

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Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 5:11 sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
2. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “his house.”
3. 1 Kings 5:11 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).
4. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Or “pressed.”
5. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
6. 1 Kings 5:12 tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.
7. 1 Kings 5:13 tn Heb “raised up.”
8. 1 Kings 5:13 sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.