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1 Kings 5:2
“Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 5
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Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
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Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
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But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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