Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom

20 Judah and Israel were as many (A)as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

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Solomon’s Daily Provisions

20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand(A) on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.(B)

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(A)And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, (B)too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.

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Your servant is here among the people you have chosen,(A) a great people, too numerous to count or number.(B)

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17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring (A)as the stars of heaven and (B)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess (C)the gate of his[a] enemies,

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  1. Genesis 22:17 Or their

17 I will surely bless you(A) and make your descendants(B) as numerous as the stars in the sky(C) and as the sand on the seashore.(D) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(E)

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12 But (A)you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

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12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(A) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(B)’”

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46 And day by day, (A)attending the temple (B)together and (C)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food (D)with glad and generous hearts,

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46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.(A) They broke bread(B) in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

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15 The Lord of hosts (A)will protect them,
    and (B)they shall devour, (C)and tread down the sling stones,
and (D)they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched (E)like the corners of the altar.

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15     and the Lord Almighty will shield(A) them.
They will destroy
    and overcome with slingstones.(B)
They will drink and roar as with wine;(C)
    they will be full like a bowl(D)
    used for sprinkling[a] the corners(E) of the altar.

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  1. Zechariah 9:15 Or bowl, / like

10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come (A)under his vine and under his fig tree.”

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10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit(A) under your vine and fig tree,(B)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

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(A)but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
    (B)and no one shall make them afraid,
    (C)for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

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Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,(A)
and no one will make them afraid,(B)
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(C)

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13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

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13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(C)

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24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (B)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (C)from the hand of God,

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C)

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28 In (A)a multitude of people is the glory of a king,
    but without people a prince is ruined.

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28 A large population is a king’s glory,
    but without subjects a prince is ruined.(A)

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Let the mountains bear (A)prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness!
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
    give deliverance to the children of the needy,
    and crush the oppressor!

May they fear you[a] while (B)the sun endures,
    and as long as the moon, (C)throughout all generations!
May he be like (D)rain that falls on (E)the mown grass,
    like (F)showers that water the earth!
In his days may (G)the righteous flourish,
    and (H)peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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  1. Psalm 72:5 Septuagint He shall endure

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
May he defend the afflicted(A) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;(B)
    may he crush the oppressor.(C)
May he endure[a](D) as long as the sun,
    as long as the moon, through all generations.(E)
May he be like rain(F) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.
In his days may the righteous flourish(G)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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  1. Psalm 72:5 Septuagint; Hebrew You will be feared

18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, (A)“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

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18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters(A) were feasting(B) and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

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