1 Kings 4:20 meaning and explanation
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, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse pauses the list of officials to picture the nation under Solomon. The narrator says Judah and Israel had grown as numerous as the sand on the seashore, an image echoing God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 22:17, and that the people were eating, drinking and rejoicing.
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