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Good News Translation

1 Kings 5:4

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.

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.
New English Translation
But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.
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.
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 had always been a friend of David's, and when he heard that Solomon had succeeded his father David as king, he sent ambassadors to him. 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram: 3 "You know that because of the constant wars my father David had to fight against the enemy countries all around him, he could not build a temple for the worship of the Lord his God until the Lord had given him victory over all his enemies. 4 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. 5 The Lord promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will make king after you, will build a temple for me.' And I have now decided to build that temple for the worship of the Lord my God. 6 So send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your men whatever you decide. As you well know, my men don't know how to cut down trees as well as yours do." 7 Hiram was extremely pleased when he received Solomon's message, and he said, "Praise the Lord today for giving David such a wise son to succeed him as king of that great nation!" 8 Then Hiram sent Solomon the following message: "I have received your message, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide the cedars and the pine trees. 9 My men will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea and will tie them together in rafts to float them down the coast to the place you choose. There my men will untie them, and your men will take charge of them. On your part, I would like you to supply the food for my men."

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
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 5:1
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
Genesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
and then lived another 807 years. He had other children
Genesis 5:10
and then lived another 815 years. He had other children
Genesis 5:13
and then lived another 840 years. He had other children
Genesis 5:19
and then lived another 800 years. He had other children
Genesis 5:22
After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
Genesis 5:26
and then lived another 782 years. He had other children
Genesis 5:30
Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children

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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