1Ki 5:11 | NET2full | STEP | and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court , as well as 120,000 gallons of pure olive oil .

‏ 1 Kings 5:11

11 and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors ^{▼▼sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.} of wheat as provision for his royal court, ^{▼▼tn Heb “his house.”} as well as 120,000 gallons ^{▼▼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).} of pure ^{▼▼tn Or “pressed.”} olive oil. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”}