1 Kings 5:4 -
But now the Lord my God hath given me rest [In fulfilment of the promise of 1 Chronicles 22:9 . David had had a brief rest ( 2 Samuel 7:1 ), Solomon's was permanent. He was "a man of rest"] on every side [Heb. round about, same word as in verse 3, and in 1 Chronicles 22:9 ], so that there is neither adversary [Hadad and Rezon, of whom this word is used ( 1 Kings 11:14 , 1 Kings 11:23 ), apparently belonged to a somewhat later period of his reign] nor evil occurrent [Rather, "occurrence," or "plague" ( פֶגֵע ), i.e; "rebellion, famine, pestilence, or other suffering" (Bähr). David had had many such "occurrences" ( 2 Samuel 15:14 ; 2 Samuel 20:1 ; 2 Samuel 21:1 ; 2 Samuel 24:15 ).]
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