Commentaries:
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. Thirty cors, even at the lower estimate, would equal 1,320 gallons, or 33 of our "sacks;" and the 90 cors of fine and coarse flour would altogether equal 99 sacks. From the quantity of flour consumed, it has been conjectured that the number of those who fed at the royal board was 14,000.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 4:22:
1 Kings 5:11
1 Kings 10:5
1 Kings 12:4
1 Kings 18:19
2 Kings 25:29
Isaiah 48:19
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