1 Kings 5:17
Thou knewest + 5:17 Or, that my father David, etc.my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God + 5:17 Gr. from the face of. Hebraism.because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the + 5:17 Or, steps.soles of his feet.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying,
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:5Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.
1 Kings 6:7And the house was built in the construction of it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer + 6:7 Gr. and.or axe, + 6:7 Gr. and.or any iron tool.
1 Chronicles 22:2And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone-hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.
Isaiah 28:16therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, + 28:16 Rom. 9. 33; 1 Pet. 2. 6. Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:11-18
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a… Read the whole commentary →