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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 5:4 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 5:4	King James	But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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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