1 Kings 4:20

Solomon’s Prosperity · 1 Kings 4:20–28
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Translations

Modern
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Traditional
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Literal
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Latin
Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.

Original

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

Notes

God promised Abraham land (Genesis 15:18–21; 17:8; 22:17). This promise came true with Solomon's blessing. The lands that David and Solomon (2 Chronicles 8:3) conquered stayed loyal to Solomon. They sent him tribute money and served him throughout his long reign.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon Solomon’s Wisdom

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Kings, Books of First and Second Solomon (Person)

Topics

Holy Land: Prosperity of, in Solomon's Reign Rulers: Wicked: Solomon, Oppressing the People Solomon: Divides his Kingdom Into Subsistence Departments Tax: Paid in Provisions