The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be. I. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did when Solomon wore it, never in his father's days, never in the days of any of his successors; nor was that kingdom ever so glorious a type of the kingdom...
Commenting on 1 Kings 4:20-28
Ten fat oxen,.... Such as were kept up in the stall and fatted: and twenty oxen out of the pastures; which were killed as they were taken from thence, and not put up to be fed: and an hundred sheep; out of the folds: beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer; which were clean creatures, according to the Levitical law, Deu 14:5; these were hunted...
Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. (f) They lived in all peace and security.