"And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty cors of beaten oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year." — Solomon's *payment*: *esrim elef kor chita le-okhel le-beyto u-esrim kor shemen katit* (twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household and twenty cors of beaten oil). The *annually recurring* supply (*shanah be-shanah*) establishes a *permanent trade relationship*. The grain and oil are essential Israelite agricultural products in exchange for Phoenician lumber.

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