1 Kings 5:12

And the Lord gave [Can there be any reference to the repeated "gave" of the two preceding verses?] to Solomon wisdom, as he promised him ( 1 Kings 3:12 ) and there was peace [one fruit of the gift. Cf. James 3:17 ] between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together [Heb. "cut a covenant." Cf. ὅρκια τέμνειν . Covenants were ratified by the slaughter of victims, between the parts of which the contracting parties passed ( Genesis 15:18 ; Jeremiah 34:8 , Jeremiah 34:18 , Jeremiah 34:19 ). Similarly σπονδή , "libation," in the plural, means "league, truce," and σπονδὰς τέμνειν is found in classic Greek.]