1 Kings 4:22 · measurement explained
Thirty cors of fine flour
The court provision list begins with thirty cors of fine flour before naming meal, cattle, sheep, and game.
Read the verse first
Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
World English Bible · engwebp-source-2026-09-12
Modern measurement range
Fine flour: thirty cors
6,300–6,900 L
1,664.28–1,822.79 US gal · 1,385.8–1,517.79 Imp gal
Using the cor estimate. The Greek koros and Hebrew kor appear in different settings; the range is a reading aid, not a claim that every container was calibrated alike.
Calculate another amount →The many thousands of litres communicate the scale of a royal household. Converting flour capacity into tonnes would require a density assumption.
What this conversion does—and does not—show
It gives a defensible modern scale for the amount stated in the verse. Ancient standards varied by time and place, so the endpoints are deliberately approximate. A volume is not a food mass, a metal weight is not a modern cash value, and a conversion does not settle a textual, archaeological, or theological debate.
Conversion references: ESV weights and measures ↗, American Bible Society ↗, and Encyclopedia of the Bible ↗. Reference pages accessed October 10, 2026.