King James Version
1 Kings 4:20 in the King James Version says “Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.”
1 Kings 4:20 · KJV
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors
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“Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“which is by the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
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