Bible Strands
1 Kings 8:24
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon addresses the LORD during the temple dedication, positioned between his declaration of God’s covenant faithfulness in 1 Kings 8:23 and his subsequent petition in 1 Kings 8:25.
The words — שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ (sha-mar-ta) translates literally as “you have kept,” and דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ (di-bar-ta) translates literally as “you spoke.”
The thread — The pattern of God executing with action what He declares with words recurs in 1 Kings 8:15 and originates in the Davidic covenant promises of 2 Samuel 7:12 and 2 Samuel 7:16.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that God’s spoken word and His historical action are identical, requiring a reader to ground subsequent requests in proven divine reliability rather than abstract hope.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 2 Samuel 7:12 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 8:15 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.