1 Kings 5:3
in 1 Kings 5“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Solomon’s presumption that Hiram knew David’s design has not appeared in the previous history, but it is in accordance with 1Ch 22:4.
This site's exposition
could not build an house
on 1 Kings 5:3-5
Solomon gives Hiram the reason 1 Chronicles 22:8 states in full, that David's wars and the blood he shed kept the building for his son, and sets it beside the promise Nathan carried at 2 Samuel 7:12-13, thy son whom I will set upon thy throne, he shall build an house unto my name. The rest on every side is itself Solomon's proof that the promised hour has come; a king who can say the wars are over is a king free to keep his father's unfulfilled vow. The phrase an house unto the name of the Lord, rather than simply unto the Lord, opens the naming theology the chapter after next will carry to its full statement.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
(2.) That peace gave him an opportunity to build it, and therefore he resolved to set about it immediately: God has given me rest both at home and abroad, and there is no adversary (
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Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God,....
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַתָּ֨ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יָדַ֜עְתָּ | yada'ta | you know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּוִ֣ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֗י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָכֹל֙ | yakhol | he was able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| לִבְנ֣וֹת | livnot | to build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַּ֗יִת | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְשֵׁם֙ | leshem | for [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהָ֔יו | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | hamilchamah | the war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| סְבָבֻ֑הוּ | sevavuhu | they had surrounded him | H5437 → | 161 times |
| עַ֤ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| תֵּת־ | tet- | gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תַּ֖חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| כַּפּ֥וֹת | kapot | [the] soles of | H3709 → | 192 times |
| רַגְלָֽי׃ | ragli | feet my | H7272 → | 247 times |
אַתָּ֨הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
יָדַ֜עְתָּyou know
yada'taH3045 →945 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּוִ֣דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֗יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָכֹל֙he was able
yakholH3201 →194 times
לִבְנ֣וֹתto build
livnotH1129 →376 times
בַּ֗יִתa house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
לְשֵׁם֙for [the] name of
leshemH8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהָ֔יוGod his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
מִפְּנֵ֥י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמִּלְחָמָ֖הthe war
hamilchamahH4421 →320 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
סְבָבֻ֑הוּthey had surrounded him
sevavuhuH5437 →161 times
עַ֤דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
תֵּת־gave
tet-H5414 →2011 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
תַּ֖חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
כַּפּ֥וֹת[the] soles of
kapotH3709 →192 times
רַגְלָֽי׃feet my
ragliH7272 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:12–13
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Luke 20:42–43
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Hebrews 1:13
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- Mark 12:35–37
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Hebrews 10:12–13
Through
Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
it leads to
- Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Genesis 1:28
About 1 Kings
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.