1 Kings 8:15
13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
16 ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- KJV
- And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- WEB
- He said, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- ASV
- And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David thy father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- DARBY
- And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- BLB
- And he said, “Blessed [be] YHWH, God of Israel, who spoke by his mouth to David my father, and by his hand He has fulfilled [it], saying,
- ÅB
- Han sa: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som med sin munn talte med David, min far, og med sin hånd har oppfylt det han lovte da han sa:
- OTB
- Han sa, "Velsignet være Herren, Israels Gud, som talte med Sin munn til min far David, og har oppfylt det med Sine hender, og sa,
- B1930
- Han sa: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som med sin munn talte med David, min far, og med sin hånd har opfylt det han lovte da han sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 1:68
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:10
Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
Read in contextPsalms 115:18
But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
Read in contextLuke 1:70
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:4
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
Read in contextJoshua 21:45
Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
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