A short Insight into MELACHIM 1, Chapter 4 By Rabbi Nisson Dov Miller

(PLEASE LEARN FOR A REFUA SHELAMA FOR THE GEDOLIM Rav Elyashiv -Yosef Sholom ben Chaya Musha, Rav Shteinman - Aaron Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga, Rav Weiss - Yitzchak Tuvia ben Rikal, Rav Belsky - NAME ADDDED Chaim Yisroel ben Chana Tzirtel, Rav Yosef - Yaakov Chai ben Margalit And Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchok Izak ben Trina Rivka Vizhnitzer Rebbe-Moshe Yehoshua ben Margulios for a refuah shleima b’soch kol cholei am Yisrael.) The commentaries find it interesting that our chapter concludes mentioning the eating, drinking and rejoicing of the Jewish people. As the verse (20) says, “Yehudah and Israel were numerous like the sand that is by the sea for multitude; eating, drinking and rejoicing.” They point out that clearly there is a reason why the verse mentions eating and drinking before rejoicing. What lesson are we being taught?