In Context

1 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.

2 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

3 |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.

4 But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.

1 Kings 5:2 in Other Translations