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)

⁸ Your servant is here among the people you have chosen,^(A) a great people, too numerous to count or number.^(B)

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)

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)’”

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,

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.”