1 Kings 5:3
New International Version - UK
3 ‘You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.
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1 Chronicles 22:8-9
New International Version - UK
8 But this word of the Lord came to me: “You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon,[a] and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
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- 1 Chronicles 22:9 Solomon sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for peace.
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