1 Kings 4:20

New International Reader's Version

There were many people in Judah and Israel. In fact, they were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate, drank and were happy.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

I will make them like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? If it can, then your family can be counted.

Genesis 15:5

The Lord took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky. Count the stars, if you can.” Then he said to him, “That’s how many children will be born into your family.”

Genesis 22:17

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 32:12

But you have said, ‘I will surely give you success. I will make your children as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. People will not be able to count them.’ ”

1 Kings 3:8

I’m here among the people you have chosen. They are a great nation. They are more than anyone can count.

1 Kings 4:29

God made Solomon very wise. His understanding couldn’t even be measured. It was like the sand on the seashore. People can’t measure that either.

1 Kings 5:9

My men will bring them from Lebanon down to the Mediterranean Sea. I’ll make them into rafts. I’ll float them to the place you want me to. When the rafts arrive, I’ll separate the logs from each other. Then you can take them away. And here’s what I want in return. Provide food for all the people in my palace.”

2 Kings 18:31

“Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says, ‘Make a peace treaty with me. Come over to my side. Then each one of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree. Each one of you will drink water from your own well.

1 Chronicles 12:39

The men spent three days there with David. They ate and drank what their families had given them.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But you are going to have a son. He will be a man of peace. And I will give him peace and rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon. I will give Israel peace and quiet while he is king.

Job 1:18

While he was still speaking, a fourth messenger came. He said, “Your sons and daughters were at their oldest brother’s house. They were enjoying good food and drinking wine.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory. But a prince without followers is destroyed.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, you are enjoying yourselves at wild parties! You are killing cattle and sheep. You are eating their meat and drinking wine. You are saying, “Let’s eat and drink, because tomorrow we’ll die.”

Micah 4:4

Everyone will have their own vine and fig tree. And no one will make them afraid. That’s what the Lord who rules over all has promised.

Zechariah 3:10

“ ‘At that time each of you will invite your neighbors to visit you. They will sit under your vines and fig trees,’ announces the Lord.”

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord who rules over all will be like a shield to his people. They will destroy their enemies. They’ll use slings to throw stones at them. They’ll drink the blood of their enemies as if it were wine. They’ll be full like the bowl that is used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

Acts 2:46

Every day they met together in the temple courtyard. They ate meals together in their homes. Their hearts were glad and sincere.

1 Samuel 30:16

He led David down to where the men were. They were scattered all over the countryside. They were eating and drinking and dancing wildly. That’s because they had taken a large amount of goods from those they had attacked. They had taken it from the land of the Philistines and from the people of Judah.