He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
- KJV And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
- BSB 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,
- NKJV And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- NLT “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,
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Quick answer
Solomon blessed the Lord, the God of Israel, who had fulfilled with his hand what he spoke to David with his mouth. He praised God's faithfulness in keeping his promise.
Overview
Solomon's blessing centered on God's reliability: what he had promised David, he had now accomplished. The God who speaks also acts to fulfill his word. This faithfulness anchors all of God's promises, which find their ultimate yes and amen in Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 68:32–35Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Ps 72:18–19Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Ps 41:13Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
- 1 Chr 29:10Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
- 1 Chr 17:12He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- Ps 138:1–2By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- Ps 68:4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
- 1 Kgs 8:15He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Luke 1:68–70“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
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