What Does 1 Kings 4:22 Mean in the King James?
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
What the KJV calls Solomon’s “provision” is literally bread: abundance is pictured as a day’s food, measured in grain.
THE MEANING
You encounter abundance here in a daily rhythm: provision is named for one day and counted in food. The quantity is extraordinary, yet its measure is still the ordinary day. Sustenance is tangible, bread and grain, set out to feed a household.
THE ROOT
לֶחֶם
lechem
GROWS FROM
לחם
Bread, food
The Hebrew says “Solomon’s bread,” where English gives the broader word “provision.” The same word appears in “bread of the Presence” and in Bethlehem, “house of bread,” linking everyday food with bread set before the LORD and with a place whose name carries bread.
ALSO GROWS
lechem ha-panim: Bread of the Presence; the loaves set before the LORD
לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים
The shared word lechem connects ordinary household food with bread placed before God.
Beit Lechem: House of bread; Bethlehem
בֵּית לֶחֶם
The name carries lechem within it, making bread part of the place’s very name.
THE PATTERN
Provision takes the shape of a daily measure, sustaining life one day at a time.
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.Give us this day our daily bread.THE THREAD
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.The Hebrew word lechem, “bread,” links Solomon’s daily supply to the bread gathered each day in Exodus. The connection holds together extraordinary household abundance and the simple measure of food for one day.
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