1 Kings 8:24

24 This is the covenant you kept with your servant David, my father, which you promised him. Today, you have fulfilled what you promised.

1 Kings 8:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:24

Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou
promisedst him.
&c.] Concerning a son, his successor, and the builder of the temple:

thou, spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine
hand,
as it is this day; the temple being now finished by him, see ( 1 Kings 8:15 ) .

1 Kings 8:24 In-Context

22 Solomon stood before the LORD's altar in front of the entire Israelite assembly and, spreading out his hands toward the sky,

23 he said: LORD God of Israel, there's no god like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep the covenant and show loyalty to your servants who walk before you with all their heart.

24 This is the covenant you kept with your servant David, my father, which you promised him. Today, you have fulfilled what you promised.

25 So now, LORD, Israel's God, keep what you promised my father David, your servant, when you said to him, "You will never fail to have a successor sitting on Israel's throne as long as your descendants carefully walk before me just as you walked before me."

26 So now, God of Israel, may your promise to your servant David, my father, come true.