1 Kings 8:20

And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
performed	וַיָּ֣קֶם vai.Ya.kem	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
word	דְּבָר֖וֹ de.va.Ro	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
spake	דִּבֵּ֑ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וָאָקֻ֡ם va.'a.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
David	דָּוִ֨ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֜י 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
sit	וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב va.'e.Shev	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
throne	כִּסֵּ֣א ki.Se'	H3678	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
promised	דִּבֶּ֣ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
built	וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה va.'ev.Neh	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
house	הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
name	לְשֵׁ֥ם le.Shem	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 28:5-6 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD…
1 Kings 8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying…
Nehemiah 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites,…
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to estab…
Jeremiah 29:10-11 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causi…
Ezekiel 12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebe…
Ezekiel 37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it…
Micah 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:12-21

Here, I. Solomon encourages the priests, who came out of the temple from their ministration, much astonished at the dark cloud that overshadowed them. The disciples of Christ feared when they entered into the cloud, though it was a bright cloud (Luk 9:34), so did the priests when they found themselves wrapped in a thick cloud. To silence their fears, 1. He reminds them of that which they could not but know, that this was a token of God's presence (Kg1 8:12): The Lord said he would dwell in the thick darkness. It is so far from being a token of his displeasure that it is an indication of his favour; for he had said, I will appear in a cloud, Lev 16:2. Note, Nothing is more effectual to reconc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:14

the king turned his face about--From the temple, where he had been watching the movement of the mystic cloud, and while the people were standing, partly as the attitude of devotion, partly out of respect to royalty, the king gave a fervent expression of praise to God for the fulfilment of His promise (Sa2 7:6-16).

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:16

Since the day, etc. - Mention is here made, says Dr. Kennicott, of some one place and some one person preferred before all others; and the preference is that of Jerusalem to other places, and of David to other men. In consequence of this remark, we shall see the necessity of correcting this passage by its parallel in Ch2 6:5, Ch2 6:6, where the thirteen Hebrew words now lost in Kings are happily preserved. Let us compare the passages: - 1 Kings 2 Chronicles Since to day that I brought forth my people Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no City out of the land of Egypt, I chose no City out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, among all the tribe…

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John Gill on 1 Kings 8:20

And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake,.... To David, concerning his son's building the temple: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; succeeded him in the kingdom: and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel; the temple he had now finished; and thus the promise to David was punctually fulfilled, that he should have a son that should succeed him in the throne, and build the house of the Lord.

Dictionary and topics

Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Dedication · Subjects of: Temple of Solomon — Subjects of: Temple of Solomon
Faithfulness Of God, The · Manifested: In fulfilling his promises — Manifested: In fulfilling his promises
Temple, The First · Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon — Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon
Throne · Of Israel — Of Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 8:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:14

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:16

John Gill on 1 Kings 8:20

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 8:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:14

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:16

John Gill on 1 Kings 8:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 8:1-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 8:14-16

Rashi on 1 Kings 8:16