1 Kings 4:20
18 Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- KJV
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
- WEB
- Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- ASV
- Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- DARBY
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- BLB
- Judah and Israel [were] as numerous as the sand that [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- ÅB
- Juda og Israel var så mange som sanden ved havet; de spiste og drakk og var glade.
- OTB
- Juda og Israel var like tallrike som sanden på havets strand i overflod; de spiste, drakk og gledet seg.
- B1930
- Juda og Israel var så mange som sanden ved havet; de åt og drakk og var glade.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 3:8
Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
Read in contextGenesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Read in contextGenesis 32:12
But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:39
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
Read in contextGenesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Read in context1 Samuel 30:16
So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:13
But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Read in contextJob 1:18
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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