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1 Kings 4:25

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During Solomon’s life all of the people in Judah and Israel, all the way from Dan to Beersheba, lived in peace and security. The people were at peace sitting under their own fig trees and grape vines.

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“This is what I suggest: You must gather all the Israelites together from Dan to Beersheba. [99] Then there will be many people, like the sand by the sea. Then you yourself must go into the battle.

So the Lord sent a disease against Israel. It began in the morning and continued until the chosen time {to stop}. From Dan to Beersheba [160] 70,000 people died.

But don’t listen to Hezekiah!

But you have a son that is a man of peace. I will give your son a time of peace. His enemies around him will not bother him. His name is Solomon. {\cf2\super [236]} And I will give Israel peace and quiet during the time that Solomon is king.

Don’t listen to those words from Hezekiah. Listen to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria says, “We should make an agreement. You people should come out of the city to me. Then every person will be free to go home. Every person will be free to eat grapes from his own vine. And every person will be free to eat the figs from his own fig tree. Every person will be free to drink water from his own well.

“There will never again be news of violence\par in your country.\par People will never again attack your country\par and steal from you.\par You will name your walls,\par ‘Salvation.’\par You will name your gates,\par ‘Praise.’\par

You will say, ‘I will go attack that country that has towns without walls (Israel). Those people live in peace. They think they are safe. There are not any walls around the cities to protect them. They don’t have any locks on their gates—they don’t even have gates!

The people will forget their shame and all the times they turned against me. They will live in safety on their own land. No one will make them afraid.

Each person will sit under his own grapevine and fig tree.\par No person will make \{them\} afraid!\par Why? Because the Lord All-Powerful\par said it would happen like that!\par

The Lord All-Powerful says,\par “At that time, people will sit and talk\par with their friends and neighbors.\par They will invite each other to come sit under the fig trees and grape vines.”\par

So all the people of Israel joined together. They all came together to stand before the Lord in the city of Mizpah. People came from everywhere in Israel. [166] Even the Israelite people from Gilead [167] were there.




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