◄ 1 Kings 5:4 ►
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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.

New Revised Standard Version
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

Contemporary English Version
Now, thanks to the LORD God, there is peace in my kingdom and no trouble or threat of war anywhere.

New American Bible
But now the LORD, my God, has given me rest on all sides, without adversary or misfortune.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.

hath given

1 Kings 4:24 For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.

1 Chronicles 22:9 The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.

Psalm 72:7 In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away.

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Acts 9:31 Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.

Context
Materials for the Temple
…3Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.5Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:5
Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?

1 Kings 4:24
For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.

1 Chronicles 22:9
The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.

1 Kings 5:3
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