1 Kings 8:26

26 Now Lord ^[a] God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

1 Kings 8:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:26

And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be
verified
Truly made good, and punctually performed:

which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father;
the same request in other words, repeated to show his ardent and vehement desire to have it fulfilled.

1 Kings 8:26 In-Context

24 You have kept what You promised to Your servant, my father David. You spoke directly [to him] and You fulfilled [Your promise] by Your power as it is today.

25 Therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep what You promised to Your servant, my father David: You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons guard their walk before Me as you have walked before Me.

26 Now Lord God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

27 But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

28 Listen to Your servant's prayer and his petition, Lord my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant prays before You today,

Footnotes

• [a]. Many Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg ms, Vg mss, 2 Ch 6:16; MT omits Lord