Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?
1 Kings 5:4 - New Revised Standard Version 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: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?
He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, making trouble as Hadad did; he despised Israel and reigned over Aram.
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.
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did the stonecutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
He attacked the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
See, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.
His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Wadi of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast.