Bible verse
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1 Kings 4:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 4.
16 Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
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.
20 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,
23 ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
24 For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
KJV
Judah and Israel [were] many, 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.
ERV
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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