1 Kings 5:3
“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
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In Context
2Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
4But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:5the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
2 Samuel 7:5“Go and tell my servant David, ‘The LORD says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
1 Chronicles 22:8But the LORD’s word came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
2 Chronicles 6:6but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
Nehemiah 5:17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
Psalms 8:6You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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 →