1 Kings 4:20
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which 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.
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures 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
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Read in contextGenesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Read in contextGenesis 32:12
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:39
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Read in contextGenesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Read in context1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:13
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Read in contextJob 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
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