1 Kings 5:3

Overview - 1 Kings 5
Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber to build the temple.
Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, and requesting food for his family, furnishes him with trees.
13 The number of Solomon's workmen and labourers
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1 Kings 5:3  (King James Version)
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
 


could not
2 Samuel 7:5-11 ; 1 Chronicles 22:4-6 ; 2 Chronicles 6:6-8

the wars
1 Chronicles 22:8 ; 28:3

put
Joshua 10:24 ; Psalms 8:6 ; 110:1 Malachi 4:3 ; 1 Corinthians 15:25 ; Ephesians 1:22