1-Kings - 5:4



4 But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 5:4.

Differing Translations

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But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about: and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.
But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil result.
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.
But now the Lord my God has given rest to me on all sides. And there is no adversary, nor occurrence of evil.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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.

But now the LORD my God hath given me (a) rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
(a) He declares that he was bound to set forth God's glory for as much as the Lord had sent him rest and peace.

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.

"And now Jehovah my God has given me rest roundabout," such as David never enjoyed for a permanency (cf. 2-Samuel 7:1). "No adversary is there." This is not at variance with 1-Kings 11:14, for Hadad's enterprise belonged to a later period (see the comm. on that passage). "And no evil occurrence:" such as the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba, the pestilence at the numbering of the people, and other events which took place in David's reign.

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