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1 Kings 8:26

David
Covenant and promises

24 You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

25 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

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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.

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BSB
And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
KJV
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
WEB
“Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
ASV
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
DARBY
And now, O God of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.
BLB
And now, O God of Israel, let be proven faithful, please, Your word, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.
ÅB
Så la nå, Israels Gud, de ord bli sannhet som du har talt til din tjener David, min far.
OTB
Nå da, Israels Gud, la Ditt ord bli bekreftet, som Du har talt til Din tjener, min far David.
B1930
Så la nu, Israels Gud, de ord bli sannhet som du har talt til din tjener David, min far.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:25–29

    And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

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  • Psalms 41:13

    Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

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  • 1 Kings 8:23

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

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  • Psalms 119:49

    Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

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  • Isaiah 41:17

    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

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  • Exodus 24:10

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:17

    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

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  • Jeremiah 11:5

    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

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