1 Kings 8:15
in 1 Kings 8and 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,
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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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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.”
This site's exposition
blessed all the congregation of Israel
on 1 Kings 8:14-15
Solomon turns from the altar to bless the standing congregation, acting in a priestly office Clarke compares to Aaron's blessing at Num 6:24-26, the king functioning here as more than a builder of houses. His opening words, spake with his mouth and hath with his hand fulfilled it, set the pattern for the whole prayer, every petition that follows measuring a spoken promise against its accomplished fact. Henry calls this the best use of God's mercies, running the stream back to its fountain in the covenant rather than admiring the gift alone.
This site's exposition
fulfilled with His own hand
Albert Barnes notes that Solomon gives the sense of what the LORD spoke to David in 2 Samuel 7, without the exact words. The recap runs to verse 19. Barnes adds that verse 18 treats as spoken what the LORD only implied, that David had done well to have the house in his heart.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Israel,....
In a long prayer he recommended to God's gracious acceptance all the prayers that should be made in or towards this place,
Solomon here blessed God, [1.] For his promise which he spoke with his mouth to David. [2.] For the performance, that he had now fulfilled it with his hand. We have then the best sense of God's mercies, and most grateful both to ourselves and to our God, when we run up those streams to the fountain of the covenant, and compare what God does with what he has said.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Who spoke with His mouth. That He would grant him a son who would build the Beis [Hamikdosh]. 13 “With His mouth,” refers to the “voice” of prophecy which was given through Noson, the prophet, and repeated directly to Dovid. See II Shmuel:12-17.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בָּר֤וּךְ | barukh | [be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֣ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּפִ֔יו | befiv | with mouth his | H6310 → | 498 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| דָּוִ֣ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֑י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּבְיָד֥וֹ | uveyado | and with hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מִלֵּ֖א | mile' | he has fulfilled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
בָּר֤וּךְ[be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר֙who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֣רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
בְּפִ֔יוwith mouth his
befivH6310 →498 times
אֵ֖תwith
ʾetH854 →929 times
דָּוִ֣דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֑יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וּבְיָד֥וֹand with hand his
uveyadoH3027 →1618 times
מִלֵּ֖אhe has fulfilled
mile'H4390 →249 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 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
Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
it 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 separate 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.
- Exodus 4:31
Through
1 Chronicles 29:10Then 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.
it 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 separate 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.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Through
Nehemiah 9:5Then 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 103:1–2
Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Psalms 103:1–2
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.