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1 Kings 5:4

But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Diplomacy;   Liberality;   Religion;   Treaty;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nation;   Peace Invoked;   Solomon;   War-Peace;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hiram or Huram;   Tyre or Tyrus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lebanon;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evil;   Ezekiel, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adversary;   Lebanon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Lebanon;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hiram;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Satan;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Israel;   Satan;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Devil ;   Satan (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hiram ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Solomon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Leb'anon,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chance;   Occurrent;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eber;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord my God has now given me rest on every side; there is no enemy or crisis.
Hebrew Names Version
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
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.
English Standard Version
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
New Century Version
But now the Lord my God has given me peace on all sides of my country. I have no enemies now, and no danger threatens my people.
Amplified Bible
"But now that the LORD my God has given me rest [from war] on every side, there is neither adversary nor misfortune [confronting me].
New American Standard Bible
"But now the LORD my God has secured me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But now the Lord my God hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that there is neither aduersarie, nor euill to resist.
Legacy Standard Bible
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor calamity.
Contemporary English Version
Now, thanks to the Lord God, there is peace in my kingdom and no trouble or threat of war anywhere.
Complete Jewish Bible
For he ruled all the area this side of the [Euphrates] River, from Tifsach to ‘Azah. He was over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace all around him, on every side.
Darby Translation
But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.
Easy-to-Read Version
But now the Lord my God has given me peace along all the borders of my country. I have no enemies, and my people are in no danger.
George Lamsa Translation
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
Good News Translation
But now the Lord my God has given me peace on all my borders. I have no enemies, and there is no danger of attack.
Lexham English Bible
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest all around me. There is no adversary, and there is no bad occurrence.
Literal Translation
And now Jehovah my God has given me rest all around; there is no adversary nor evil happening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now hath the LORDE my God geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is no aduersary ner euell hynderaunce:
American Standard Version
But now Jehovah my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
Bible in Basic English
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But now the Lorde my God hath geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is neither aduersarie nor euill to resist.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
King James Version (1611)
But now the Lord my God hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that there is neither aduersary, nor euill occurrent.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against me, and there is no evil trespass against me.
English Revised Version
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrent.
Berean Standard Bible
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now forsothe my Lord God yaf reste to me bi cumpas, and noon aduersarie is, nethir yuel asailyng;
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, Jehovah my God hath given rest to me round about, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence,
Update Bible Version
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
Webster's Bible Translation
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
World English Bible
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
New King James Version
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
New Living Translation
But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side; I have no enemies, and all is well.
New Life Bible
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is no trouble or anything bad happening.
New Revised Standard
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, now, Yahweh my God hath given me rest on every side, - there is neither adversary nor incident of evil.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.
Revised Standard Version
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

Contextual Overview

1 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father's place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.) 2 Solomon then sent this message to Hiram: 3 "You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. 4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat. 5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.' 6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians." 7 When Hiram heard Solomon's message, he was very happy. He said, "The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation." 8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: "I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. 9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hath given: 1 Kings 4:24, 1 Chronicles 22:9, Psalms 72:7, Isaiah 9:7, Acts 9:31

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:1 - the Lord 1 Kings 11:25 - all the days 2 Chronicles 14:6 - for the land Ezra 4:1 - the adversaries Ecclesiastes 3:8 - a time of war

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Genesis 5:1
This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side,.... From foreign enemies; for Solomon had no wars with any:

[so that there is] neither adversary; or Satan, no internal enemy in his kingdom, as well as no external ones, Adonijah, Joab, and other ill-designing persons, being cut off:

nor evil occurrent; nothing that rose up, and met him, to discourage or hinder the prosecution of the good work he had in view.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The contrast is not between different periods of Solomon’s reign, but between his reign and that of his father.

Evil occurrent - Rather, evil occurrence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 5:4. There is neither adversary — אין שטן eyn satan, there is no satan-no opposer, nor any kind of evil; all is peace and quiet, both without and within. God has given me this quiet that I may build his temple. Deus nobis haec otia fecit.


 
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