1 Kings 5:4

And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against me, and there is no + 5:4 Alex. ἀπαντήμα. See συναντήματα, Ex. 9:14. evil trespass against me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

In Context

3You knew + 5:3 Or, that my father David, etc. my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God + 5:3 Gr. from the face of. Hebraism. because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the + 5:3 Or, steps. soles of his feet.

5And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Your son whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house to my name.

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Cross References

1 Kings 4:24-28 For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.

1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, he shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

Psalms 72:7Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention. 1

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 →

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