1 Kings 4:20

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Summary

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.

Eating

General references

Genesis 13:16

Proverbs 14:28

Bible References

Eating

And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree."

The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

General references

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.