1 Kings 8:23
in 1 Kings 8and 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;
KJV
And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNow notice that Solomon did not only pray for his people but also for the foreigners and the strangers who distrusted the nation of Israel and were often hostile to it, so that the son of David might show the God of David to everyone …
This site's exposition
spread out his hands toward heaven
on 1 Kings 8:22-24
Solomon stands before the altar and “spread out his hands toward heaven”, and 2 Chronicles 6:13 adds he stood on a bronze platform and knelt. His first words, “there is no God like You”, confess before they ask. The phrase “keeping Your covenant of loving devotion” takes up Deuteronomy 7:9.
This site's exposition
there is no God like You
The covenant is kept with servants who walk before God with the whole heart, and verse 24 names David as one. Matthew Henry reads the promise to David as kept by the same faithfulness God shows all His servants. The wholehearted walk returns as a condition in verse 25.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, Lord God of Israel,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמַ֗ר | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֞ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֵין־ | ʾein- | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כָּמ֣וֹךָ | kamokha | like you | H3644 → | 143 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | [is] a God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם | bashamayim | in the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| מִמַּ֔עַל | mimaal | <from> above | H4605 → | 140 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִתָּ֑חַת | mitachat | <from> beneath | H8478 → | 505 times |
| שֹׁמֵ֤ר | shomer | [who] keeps | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַבְּרִית֙ | haberit | the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד | vehachesed | and <the> covenant loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָ | laavadeikha | to servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַהֹלְכִ֥ים | haholekhim | who walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְפָנֶ֖יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לִבָּֽם׃ | libam | heart their | H3820 → | 595 times |
וַיֹּאמַ֗רand he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֞הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֵין־there not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
כָּמ֣וֹךָlike you
kamokhaH3644 →143 times
אֱלֹהִ֔ים[is] a God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִםin the heavens
bashamayimH8064 →421 times
מִמַּ֔עַל<from> above
mimaalH4605 →140 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
מִתָּ֑חַת<from> beneath
mitachatH8478 →505 times
שֹׁמֵ֤ר[who] keeps
shomerH8104 →468 times
הַבְּרִית֙the covenant
haberitH1285 →284 times
וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶדand <the> covenant loyalty
vehachesedH2617 →247 times
לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָto servants your
laavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
הַהֹלְכִ֥יםwho walk
haholekhimH1980 →1546 times
לְפָנֶ֖יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לִבָּֽם׃heart their
libamH3820 →595 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Daniel 9:4
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Hebrews 10:23
Through
1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
it leads to
- Psalms 86:8
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- Psalms 86:8
Through
Nehemiah 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
it leads to
- Exodus 20:6
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 20:6
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 8:21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
