1 Kings 4:20-23

Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom

20Judah and Israel were as many aas the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. 21
Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
cSolomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the dEuphrates
Hebrew  the River
to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. fThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors
A  cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
23ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

2 Chronicles 35:7-8

7Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, as Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the number of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls; hthese were from the king’s possessions. 8And his officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. iHilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 bulls.

2 Chronicles 35:12-18

12And they set aside the burnt offerings that they might distribute them according to the groupings of the fathershouses of the lay people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls. 13 jAnd they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they kboiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people. 14And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat parts until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron. 15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place laccording to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s mseer; nand the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

16So all the service of the Lord was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah. 17And the people of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, oand the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. 18 pNo Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 qThere is nothing better for a person than that he should reat and drink and find enjoyment
Or  and make his soul see good
in his toil. This also, I saw, is tfrom the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

7Go, ueat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

8 vLet your garments be always white. Let not woil be lacking on your head.

9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your xvain
The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your zportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
10Whatever your hand finds to do, aado it with your might,
Or  finds to do with your might, do it
acfor there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ecclesiastes 10:17

17Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for addrunkenness!

Isaiah 33:16

16he will dwell on the heights;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
aehis bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
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