“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
1 Kings 5:4 - English Standard Version 2016 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil confronting me. American Standard Version (1901) But now Jehovah my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. Common English Bible Now the LORD my God has given me peace on every side, without enemies or misfortune. Catholic Public Domain Version But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about: and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence. |
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing harm as Hadad did. And he loathed Israel and reigned over Syria.
For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. And he had peace on all sides around him.
So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.