1 Kings 4:22

4:22 Each day Solomon’s royal court consumed ¹  thirty cors ²  of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

1 Kings 5:13

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ³  work crews ⁴  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

[4:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the food of Solomon for each day was.”

[4:22]  ² tn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “raised up.”

[5:13]  ⁴ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.