1 Kings 4:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

Genesis 15:5

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

Genesis 22:17

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

Genesis 32:12

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

1 Kings 3:8

And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

1 Kings 4:29

And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.

1 Kings 5:9

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

2 Kings 18:31

Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

1 Chronicles 12:39

For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

Job 1:18

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

Proverbs 14:28

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

Isaiah 22:13

But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

Micah 4:4

But every man will be seated under his vine and under his fig-tree, and no one will be a cause of fear to them: for the mouth of the Lord of armies has said it.

Zechariah 3:10

In that day, says the Lord of armies, you will be one another's guests under the vine and under the fig-tree.

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.

Acts 2:46

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.