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The Wealth Of Solomon
Daily Household Food
Solomon’s daily food consumption was 30 cor fine flour, 60 cor of meal, 10 fat oxen, 20 cattle, 100 sheep and an assortment of harts, gazelles, roebucks and fatted fowl. (See Study I for Athenian equivalents) We assume fine flour to be twice that of meal, and meal twice the price of wheat. Also, fatted oxen are estimated at twice the price of regular cattle. Regular cattle are priced at 12.5 shekels (1 Kgs 4:22). The final assumption is that 500 shekels covers the rest of Solomon’s food.
| Daily Grain Consumption |
| Item |
Amount
(Cor) |
Conversion to wheat
(multiply by) |
Cost/Cor |
Shekels |
| Fine Flour |
30 |
4 |
4.72 |
566.4 |
| Meal |
60 |
2 |
4.72 |
566.4 |
| Daily grain cost: |
1132.8 |
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