2 Chronicles 14:6

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.

and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

“Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

“ ‘ “Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, and will make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they will make fires with them for seven years;

“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you.

But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,

Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

“The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.”

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh.

Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

For he said to Judah, “Let’s build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.

“Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, “king of righteousness”, and then also “king of Salem”, which means “king of peace”,

He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old today. I can no more go out and come in. Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’

Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.

After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahweh.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.