1 Kings 1:48

48 What is more, the king said, 'May Yahweh the God of Israel be blessed, who has given this day one sitting on my throne, and my eyes are seeing [it]!'"

1 Kings 1:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:48

And also thus said the king
Being in a proper posture for an address to God:

blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on
my throne this day, mine eyes seeing [it];
he ascribes this whole affair to God, and his kind providence, though all things were done according to his own orders; and gives thanks to him, who had directed him to take such steps as these were, and that the business was finished without any obstruction, and to the great joy and satisfaction of the people; and that there was such a prospect of Solomon's having a happy and peaceable reign.

1 Kings 1:48 In-Context

46 And also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom!

47 The servants of the king also came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'Your God has made the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' So the king worshiped on the bed.

48 What is more, the king said, 'May Yahweh the God of Israel be blessed, who has given this day one sitting on my throne, and my eyes are seeing [it]!'"

49 Then all the invited guests who [were] for Adonijah trembled and got up and went, each on his way.

50 Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon, and he got up and went and grasped the horns of the altar.