1 Kings 4:20 “The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the sea…”

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

World English Bible

Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

American Standard Version

Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

Geneva Bible 1599

Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.

Darby Translation

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

Young's Literal Translation

Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Bible in Basic English

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

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Cross references

“as the sand”

1 Kings 3:8 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 15:5 Proverbs 14:28

1 Kings 3:8 · BSB

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

Genesis 22:17 · BSB

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.

Genesis 13:16 · BSB

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 15:5 · BSB

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.”

Proverbs 14:28 · BSB

A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

“eating”

1 Samuel 30:16 1 Chronicles 12:39 Job 1:18 Psalm 72:3–7 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Isaiah 22:13

1 Samuel 30:16 · BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 12:39 · BSB

They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

Job 1:18 · BSB

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,

Psalm 72:3–7 · BSB

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 · BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Isaiah 22:13 · BSB

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!”

Also

Genesis 32:12

Genesis 32:12 · BSB

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.’”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Geber 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.

21And 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.

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