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1 Kings 8:20

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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ASV

And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

KJV

And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֣קֶםvai.Ya.kemand he has establishedH6965 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דְּבָר֖וֹde.va.Roword hisH1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
דִּבֵּ֑רdi.Berhe spokeH1696 →
וָאָקֻ֡םva.'a.Kumand I have arisenH6965 →
תַּחַת֩ta.Chatin place ofH8478 →
דָּוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אָבִ֜י'a.Vifather myH1 →
וָאֵשֵׁ֣בva.'e.Shevand I have satH3427 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'[the] throne ofH3678 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe spokeH1696 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וָאֶבְנֶ֣הva.'ev.Nehand I have builtH1129 →
הַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
לְשֵׁ֥םle.Shemfor [the] name ofH8034 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.Acts 7:47But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.2 Chronicles 13:5Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.1 Chronicles 28:5–6And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.1 Kings 9:5then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”Jeremiah 29:10–11For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.Romans 4:21being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.1 Kings 8:15and 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,Ezekiel 37:14I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”Psalms 74:7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.2 Chronicles 2:1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

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