1 Kings 8:23-24

23 and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, ¹there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, ²keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart;

24 you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. ³You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.

1 Kings 8:23-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.

Cross References

• 1. 8:23 Ex. 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22
• 2. 8:23 See Deut. 7:9
• 3. 8:24 [See ver. 15 above]