And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
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Gill's Exposition
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,.... Without fear of any injury done to their persons or properties by any enemy; which is, and will be, more abundantly fulfilled in Christ, the antitype of Solomon,…
Barnes' Notes
Thirty measures - (margin, cors) The cor, which was the same measure as the homer, is computed, on the authority of Josephus, at 86 English gallons, on the authority of the rabbinical writers at 44.…
Adam Clarke
Solomon's provision for one day: -
Of fine flour 30 measures, or cors. Of meal 60 ditto. Stall-fed oxen 10 Ditto from the pasture 20 Sheep 100; with harts, roebucks, fallow deer, and fat fowls. The…
Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be.
I. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did when Solomon wore it,…
Cambridge Bible
measures The Hebrew word is cor.It is of the same capacity as the homer, and is used both as a liquid and a dry measure (see 1Ki 5:11). It contained 10 ephahsin dry, and 10 bathsin liquid measure.…