1 Kings 5:11
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

Berean Literal Bible
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

King James 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.

New King James Version
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

New American Standard Bible
Solomon then gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pure oil; this is what Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

NASB 1995
Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

NASB 1977
Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

Legacy Standard Bible
Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 20 kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

Amplified Bible
and Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 20 kors of pure [olive] oil. Solomon gave all these to Hiram each year.

Berean Annotated Bible
(peace) (noble) and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat <124,800 bu / 4.4M l> as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil <116,000 gal / 440,000 l>.

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and 110,000 gallons of oil from crushed olives. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
In return, Solomon gave Hiram over 2,000 tons of wheat and almost 4,000 liters of pure olive oil each year.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Solomon gave Hiram 120,000 bushels of wheat and 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil. Solomon paid Hiram this much every year.

Good News Translation
and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil every year to feed his men.

International Standard Version
In return, Solomon paid Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 20 kors of beaten oil. Solomon provided this amount every year during the construction.

NET Bible
and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

New Heart English Bible
Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty thousand baths of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

World English Bible
Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty cors of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Solomon has given twenty thousand cors of wheat to Hiram, [the] food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus Solomon gives to Hiram year by year.

Berean Literal Bible
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

Young's Literal Translation
and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cons of wheat food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil: thus Solomon will give to Hiram year by year.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then Solomon offered to Hiram twenty thousand cor of wheat, as food for his house, and twenty cor of the purest oil. These things Solomon gave as a tribute to Hiram every year.

New American Bible
while Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat to provide for his household, and twenty kors of hand-pressed oil. Solomon gave Hiram all this every year.

New Revised Standard Version
Solomon in turn gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty cors of fine oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household and twenty thousand measures of pure oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Solomon gave to Khiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his household, and twenty thousand cors of pressed oil; thus Solomon was giving to Khiram every year.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly.

Additional Translations ...



Context
Hiram's Reply
10So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, 11 and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil. 12And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.…

Cross References
and year after year

1 Samuel 1:3
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 14:22
You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
Solomon would provide Hiram

2 Chronicles 2:15
Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.

1 Kings 9:11-14
King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire. / So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them. / “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day. …
with 20,000 cors of wheat

2 Chronicles 2:10
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”

Deuteronomy 8:8
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
as food for his household,

1 Kings 4:27-28
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking. / Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

1 Kings 10:5
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

Exodus 27:20
And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Leviticus 24:2
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kings 10:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Psalm 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Ezekiel 27:17
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.

Acts 12:20
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

measures [heb] cors.

1 Kings 4:22
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

2 Chronicles 2:10
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

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1 Kings 5
1. Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber
7. Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, furnishes him with trees.
13. The number of Solomon's workmen and laborers












and year after year

Solomon’s payments to Hiram continued throughout the building arrangement, securing a dependable supply of timber and skilled workers from Tyre. The regular exchange preserved peace and strengthened the alliance between the two kingdoms.

1Sa 1:3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city…
Deu 14:22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce…

Solomon would provide Hiram

Solomon used Israel’s agricultural abundance to support Hiram’s royal administration and labor force. In return, Hiram supplied the resources and craftsmen needed for Solomon’s major construction projects, especially the Temple.

2Ch 2:15 Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley…
1Ki 9:11-14 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram…

with 20,000 cors of wheat

This large annual quantity of wheat demonstrates the productive strength of Solomon’s kingdom. It also shows the scale of the work being undertaken and the number of people supported through Hiram’s operations.

2Ch 2:10 I will pay your servants, the woodcutters,…
Deu 8:8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates;…

as food for his household,

Hiram’s household included his royal court, servants, and those connected with his building and trade enterprises. Supplying food for them was part of the practical obligations of the alliance.

1Ki 4:27-28 Each month the governors provided food for King Solomon…
1Ki 10:5 the food at his table, the seating of his servants…

as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

Olive oil was essential for food, lamps, trade, and daily life. The large amount provided reflects Israel’s prosperity and the value Solomon placed on maintaining Hiram’s cooperation.

Exo 27:20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil…
Lev 24:2 Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil for the light,…

Persons / Places / Events
1. Solomon
The King of Israel, known for his wisdom, wealth, and building projects, including the Temple in Jerusalem.

2. Hiram
The King of Tyre, an ally of Solomon, who provided materials and skilled labor for the construction of the Temple.

3. Tyre
A significant city in ancient Phoenicia, known for its trade and skilled craftsmen.

4. Wheat and Olive Oil
Essential commodities in the ancient Near East, symbolizing sustenance and prosperity.

5. The Agreement
A mutual agreement between Solomon and Hiram, showcasing international diplomacy and cooperation.
Teaching Points
The Importance of Alliances
Solomon's relationship with Hiram demonstrates the value of forming strategic alliances. In our lives, building strong, godly relationships can lead to mutual benefit and support.

Provision and Generosity
Solomon's provision for Hiram reflects God's provision for us. We are called to be generous with our resources, trusting that God will supply our needs.

Wisdom in Leadership
Solomon's ability to manage resources and maintain peace with neighboring nations is a testament to his wisdom. As leaders in our communities or families, we should seek God's wisdom in our decisions.

Faithfulness in Commitments
Solomon's consistent provision to Hiram year after year highlights the importance of faithfulness in our commitments. We should strive to be reliable and trustworthy in our dealings with others.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of 1 Kings 5:11?

2. How does 1 Kings 5:11 demonstrate the importance of honoring agreements with others?

3. What can we learn about God's provision from Solomon's actions in 1 Kings 5:11?

4. How does 1 Kings 5:11 connect to the theme of wisdom in Proverbs?

5. In what ways can we apply Solomon's generosity in 1 Kings 5:11 today?

6. How does Solomon's relationship with Hiram reflect biblical principles of cooperation and peace?

7. How does 1 Kings 5:11 reflect the political alliances in Solomon's reign?

8. What does 1 Kings 5:11 reveal about the economic practices of ancient Israel?

9. How does Solomon's agreement with Hiram in 1 Kings 5:11 demonstrate wisdom or diplomacy?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 5?


(11) Twenty thousand measures of wheat.--This agrees well enough with the calculation in 1Kings 4:22 of ninety measures a day--something over 32,000 a year--for Solomon's Court, presumably greater than that of Hiram. But the "twenty measures of oil "--even of the pure refined oil--is so insignificant in comparison, that it seems best to adopt the Greek reading here (agreeing with 2Chronicles 2:10, and with Josephus) of 20,000 baths, or 2,000 cors, of oil.

Verse 11. - And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures [Heb. cots. See 1 Kings 4:22] of wheat for food [מכלת for מאכלת] to his household [Rawlinson remarks that this was much less than Solomon's own consumption (1 Kings 4:22). But he did not undertake to feed Hiram's entire court, but merely to make an adequate return for the timber and labour he received. And the consumption of fine flour in Solomon's household was only about 11,000 cors per annum] and twenty measures of pure oil [lit., beaten oil, i.e., such as was obtained by pounding the olives, when not quite ripe, in a mortar. This was both of whiter colour and purer flavour, and also gave a clearer light, than that furnished by the ripe olives in the press. See the authorities quoted in Bahr's Symbolik, 1. p. 419]: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year [probably so long as the building lasted or timber was furnished. But the agreement may have been for a still longer period.]

1 Kings 5:11 records a literal, annual supply agreement in which Solomon sent vast quantities of wheat and olive oil to Hiram. The verse showcases Solomon’s covenant-keeping, God-given abundance, and the blessing that flows from Israel to the nations. It reminds believers that faithful generosity, grounded in God’s provision, builds peace and advances God’s greater purposes.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
and year
שָׁנָ֥ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

after year
בְשָׁנָֽה׃ (ḇə·šā·nāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

Solomon
וּשְׁלֹמֹה֩ (ū·šə·lō·mōh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

would provide
נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

Hiram
לְחִירָ֜ם (lə·ḥî·rām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2438: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)

with twenty
עֶשְׂרִים֩ (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

thousand
אֶ֨לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 505: A thousand

cors
כֹּ֤ר (kōr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3734: A deep round vessel, a cor, a dry measure

of wheat
חִטִּים֙ (ḥiṭ·ṭîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2406: Wheat

as food
מַכֹּ֣לֶת (mak·kō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4361: Nourishment

for his household,
לְבֵית֔וֹ (lə·ḇê·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

as well as twenty [thousand]
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (wə·‘eś·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

baths
כֹּ֖ר (kōr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3734: A deep round vessel, a cor, a dry measure

of pure olive oil.
שֶׁ֣מֶן (še·men)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness


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