1 Kings 4:20

20 Yehudah and Yisra'el were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

1 Kings 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the
sea in multitude
Being blessed with great fruitfulness in their families, and having no pestilential disease among them, nor wars to lessen their number, and so the promise to Abraham was fulfilled, ( Genesis 22:17 ) ; and which was an emblem of Christ's spiritual subjects, especially in the latter day, whom Solomon was a type of, see ( Hosea 1:10 ) ; eating, and drinking, and making merry;
having a large increase of the fruits of the earth, and in no fear of any enemies; expressive of the spiritual joy of believers in the kingdom of Christ, and under the word and ordinances, ( Song of Solomon 2:3 Song of Solomon 2:4 ) ( 5:1 ) ( Romans 5:2 Romans 5:3 Romans 5:11 ) ( 14:17 ) .

1 Kings 4:20 In-Context

18 Shim`i the son of Ela, in Binyamin;

19 Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil`ad, the country of Sichon king of the Amori and of `Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer who was in the land.

20 Yehudah and Yisra'el were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

21 Shlomo ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Pelishtim, and to the border of Mitzrayim: they brought tribute, and served Shlomo all the days of his life.

22 Shlomo's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,