1 Kings 8:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 8:15

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,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, 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,

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The exact words of 2 Sam. 7 are not reproduced; only their general sense is given. In 1Ki 8:18, what was merely tacitly implied was regarded as actually “said.”

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בָּר֤וּךְ	ba.Rukh	[be] blessed	H1288 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֣ר	di.Ber	he spoke	H1696 →
בְּפִ֔יו	be.Fiv	with mouth his	H6310 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	with	H854 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִ֑י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
וּבְיָד֥וֹ	u.ve.ya.Do	and with hand his	H3027 →
מִלֵּ֖א	mi.Le'	he has fulfilled	H4390 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 1:68
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
leads to
- Exodus 4:31
  and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 106:48
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
- Luke 7:16
  A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
- Psalms 111:9
  He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Psalms 41:13
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Through
1 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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Through
Nehemiah 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…
leads to
- Psalms 103:1–2
  Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

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