John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:4
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. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 5:1-9
We have here an account of the amicable correspondence between Solomon and Hiram. Tyre was a famous trading city, that lay close upon the sea, in the border of Israel; its inhabitants (as should seem) were none of the devoted nations, nor ever at enmity with Israel, and therefore David never offered to destroy them, but lived in friendship with them. It is here said of Hiram their king that he was ever a lover of David; and we have reason to think he was a worshipper of the true God, and had... read more