“Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 4 contains 34 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.