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11And 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.
1 Kings 5:11 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 10-18)Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, 1 Kgs. 5:10. The trees were Solomon’s, but perhaps— Materiam superabat opus—The workmanship was of more value than the article . Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn whic...
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