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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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
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
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…
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)…
Cambridge Bible
rest on every side Cf. above 1Ki 4:24.
evil occurrent -Occurrent" is the old English form of the noun for which we now use -occurrence." Cf. Bacon Henry 7. (Pitt Press Series)p. 68. -He paid the king…
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