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1 Chronicles 23 1
Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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1 Kings 2 35
And the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.
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1 Kings 1 34-1 Kings 1 39
And have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet and say,‘ Long live King Solomon!’Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said,“ Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say the same.Just as the Lord has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.And Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said,“ Long live King Solomon!”
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
There you and your households shall eat before the Lord your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
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1 Kings 1 31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said,“ May my lord King David live forever.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor— this is the gift of God.
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Deuteronomy 12:11-12
then it shall come about that the place in which the Lord your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring everything that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings which you will vow to the Lord.And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
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1 Timothy 6 17-1 Timothy 6 18
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
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Deuteronomy 16:14-17
and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your towns.For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.“ Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths; and they are not to appear before the Lord empty handed.Everyone shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.
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Nehemiah 8:12
Then all the people went away to eat, drink, to send portions, and to celebrate a great feast, because they understood the words which had been made known to them.
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2 Chronicles 7 10
Then on the twenty third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy in heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.
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Exodus 24:11
Yet He did not reach out with His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is from the hand of God.