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1 Kings 4:20
“Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.”
1 Kings 4:20 in the King James Version
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.Read 1 Kings 4:20 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 4
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
Cross references for 1 Kings 4:20
- 1 Kings 3:8
Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
- Genesis 22:17
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
- Genesis 32:12
You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.
- Psalms 72:3-7
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces. They shall fear you while ...
- 1 Samuel 30:16
When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
- 1 Chronicles 12:39
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
- Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
- Zechariah 9:15
Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
- Isaiah 22:13
and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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