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.
KJV
Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine : comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐχορήγουν οἱ καθεσταμένοι οὕτως τῷ βσαιλεῖ Σαλωμών, καὶ πάντα διαγγέλματα ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ βασιλέως, ἕκαστος μῆνα αὐτοῦ· οὐ παραλλάσσουσιν λόγον·
LXX
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
ASV
יְהוּדָ֤ה וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַבִּ֔ים כַּ/ח֥וֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל הַ/יָּ֖ם לָ/רֹ֑ב אֹכְלִ֥ים וְ/שֹׁתִ֖ים וּ/שְׂמֵחִֽים
Hebrew
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11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 22:9 — Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Isra
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Kgs 12:4 — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
- 2Kgs 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 d
- Gen 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 enem
- Gen 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.
- Heb 11:12 — Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
- Prov 14:28 — In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.