1 Kings 4:20 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Genesis 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;
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.
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
2 Kings 18:31
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

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): Judah and Israel were many, and that good land was sufficient to maintain them all. They were as the sand of the sea in multitude. Now was fulfilled the promise made to Abraham concerning the increase of his seed ( Gen. xxii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Go where you would, you might see all the marks of plenty, peace, and satisfaction. The spiritual peace, and joy, and holy security, of all the faithful subjects of the Lord Jesus were typified by this. The kingdom of God is not, as Solomon's was, meat and drink, but, what is infinitely better, righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1KI 4:20GEN 22:17 GEN 15:5
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1KI 4:20GEN 22:17 JER 33:22
1KI 4:20GEN 22:17 GEN 24:60
1KI 4:20GEN 22:17 GEN 26:4
1KI 4:20GEN 22:17 PSA 72:8-9
1KI 4:201KI 3:8 GEN 22:17
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1KI 4:20GEN 32:12 GEN 28:13-15
1KI 4:20ZEC 9:15 ZEC 12:6

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