Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

Bible References

And he built

2 Chronicles 8:2
Solomon also built the cities that Huram had given to him, and he settled the {Israelites} in them.
2 Chronicles 11:5
And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities as strongholds in Judah.

For the land

Judges 3:11
So the land rested forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Judges 5:31
So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh, but those who love him are like the rising sun at its brightest." And the land had rest for forty years.
1 Kings 5:4
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest all around me. There is no adversary, and there is no bad occurrence.
1 Chronicles 22:9
Behold, a son shall be born to you; he himself will be a man of rest, and I will give rest to him from all his enemies all around, for his name will be Solomon, and peace and quietness I will give to Israel in his days.