1 Kings 5:3
You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.
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2And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:5The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.
2 Samuel 7:5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?
1 Chronicles 22:8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.
2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.
Nehemiah 5:17And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
Psalms 8:6\8:5\For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:2-10
Solomon's Agreement with Hiram. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so… Read the whole commentary →