1 Kings 4:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:8 : 8 And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 For thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred for multitude.
  • 1 Sam 30:16 : 16 And when he had brought him thither, beholde, they lay scattered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great pray that they had taken out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudah.
  • Gen 13:16 : 16 And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.
  • 1 Chr 12:39 : 39 And there they were with Dauid three dayes, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
  • Job 1:18 : 18 And whiles he was yet speaking, came an other, and sayd, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
  • Ps 72:3-7 : 3 The mountaines & the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice. 4 He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shal subdue the oppressor. 5 They shall feare thee as long as the sunne and moone endureth, fro generatio to generation. 6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth. 7 In his dayes shall the righteous florish, and abundance of peace shalbe so long as the moone endureth.
  • Prov 14:28 : 28 In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.
  • Eccl 2:24 : 24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, & drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.
  • Mic 4:4 : 4 But they shall sit euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his figge tree, and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lorde of hostes hath spoken it.
  • Zech 3:10 : 10 In that day, saith the Lorde of hostes, shall ye call euery man his neighbour vnder the vine, and vnder the figge tree.
  • Zech 9:15 : 15 The Lord of hostes shall defend them, and they shal deuoure them, and subdue them with sling stones, and they shall drinke, and make a noyse as thorowe wine, and they shalbe filled like bowles, and as the hornes of the altar.
  • Acts 2:46 : 46 And they continued dayly with one accord in the Temple, and breaking bread at home, did eate their meate together with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart,

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  • 1 Chr 12:39-40
    2 verses
    74%

    39And there they were with Dauid three dayes, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

    40Moreouer they that were neere them vntill Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali brought bread vpon asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, euen meate, floure, figges, and reisins, and wine and oyle, and beeues and sheepe abundantly: for there was ioy in Israel.

  • Josh 11:4
    73%

    4And they came out & all their hostes with them, many people as the sande that is on the sea shore for multitude, with horses and charets exceeding many.

  • 1 Kgs 4:21-26
    6 verses
    72%

    21And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes, from the Riuer vnto the lande of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, & serued Salomon all the dayes of his life.

    22And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

    23Ten fat oxen, and twentie oxen of the pastures, and an hundreth sheepe, beside hartes, and buckes, and bugles, and fat foule.

    24For he ruled in all the region on the other side of the Riuer, from Tiphsah euen vnto Azzah, ouer all the Kings on the other side the Riuer: and he had peace round about him on euery side.

    25And Iudah and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his fig tree, from Dan, euen to Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Salomon.

    26And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    70%

    16And when he had brought him thither, beholde, they lay scattered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great pray that they had taken out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudah.

  • 1 Kgs 4:29
    70%

    29And God gaue Salomon wisdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, & a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore,

  • 1 Kgs 8:65
    69%

    65And Salomon made at that time a feast & all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seuen dayes and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes.

  • 2 Chr 30:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25And all the Congregation of Iudah reioyced with the Priestes and the Leuites, and all the Congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Iudah.

    26So there was great ioye in Ierusalem: for since the time of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel there was not the like thing in Ierusalem.

  • Gen 41:49
    68%

    49So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.

  • Neh 8:12
    68%

    12Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them.

  • Exod 1:7
    68%

    7And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.

  • Isa 56:12
    68%

    12Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fill our selues with strong drinke, and to morowe shalbe as this day, and much more abundant.

  • Isa 22:13
    68%

    13And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, & drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

  • Eccl 8:15
    68%

    15And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.

  • Deut 33:19
    67%

    19They shall call ye people vnto the mountaine: there they shall offer the sacrifices of righteousnesse: for they shal sucke of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand.

  • Gen 43:34
    67%

    34And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.

  • 2 Chr 7:8
    67%

    8And Salomon made a feast at that time of seuen dayes, and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, from the entring in of Hamath, vnto the riuer of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
    67%

    5And King Salomon and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, offering sheepe and beeues, which could not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.

  • Judg 7:12
    67%

    12And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.

  • Esth 1:7
    67%

    7And they gaue them drinke in vessels of golde, and changed vessel after vessel, and royall wine in abundance according to the power of the King.

  • Neh 9:25
    66%

    25And they tooke their strong cities and the fat lande, and possessed houses, full of all goods, cisternes digged out, vineyardes, and oliues, and trees for foode in abundance, and they did eate, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse.

  • Jer 30:19
    66%

    19And out of them shall proceede thankesgiuing, and the voyce of them that are ioyous, and I will multiplie them, and they shall not bee fewe: I will also glorifie them, and they shall not be diminished.

  • Deut 1:10
    66%

    10The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:

  • Isa 9:3
    66%

    3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased their ioye: they haue reioyced before thee according to the ioye in haruest, and as men reioyce when they deuide a spoyle.

  • Zech 14:14
    66%

    14And Iudah shall fight also against Ierusalem, and the arme of all the heathen shall be gathered rounde about, with golde and siluer, and great abundance of apparell.

  • Judg 20:2
    66%

    2And the chiefe of all the people, and all the tribes of Israel assembled in the Congregation of the people of God foure hundreth thousand footemen that drewe sword.

  • 1 Chr 5:17
    66%

    17All these were rekoned by genealogies in the dayes of Iotham King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam King of Israel.

  • Gen 26:30
    66%

    30Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.

  • Dan 5:1
    66%

    1King Belshazzar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
    66%

    1And King Salomon was King ouer all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 16:3
    66%

    3And he dealt to euery one of Israel both man and woman, to euery one a cake of breade, and a piece of flesh, and a bottel of wine.

  • Judg 19:6
    65%

    6So they sate downe, and did eate & drinke both of them together; the yong womans father said vnto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tary all night, and let thine heart be mery.

  • Jer 25:20
    65%

    20And all sortes of people, and all the Kings of the lande of Vz: and all the Kings of the lande of the Philistims, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod:

  • 2 Chr 5:6
    65%

    6And King Salomon & all the Congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him, were before ye Arke, offring sheepe & bullocks, which could not be told nor nobred for multitude.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    65%

    15And the King gaue siluer and gold at Ierusalem as stones, & gaue cedar trees as the wilde figge trees, that are abundantly in the playne.

  • Judg 20:10
    65%

    10And we wil take ten men of the hundreth throughout al the tribes of Israel, & an hundreth of the thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand to bring vitaile for the people that they may do (when they come to Gibeah of Beniamin) according to all the villeny, that it hath done in Israel.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
    65%

    11Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.