“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
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“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
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Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
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'Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto His people Israel, according to all that He promised; there hath not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:56 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 23:14-15 “Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it. It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,
- Joshua 21:44-45 Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand. Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
- 1 Samuel 3:19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
- Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
- Luke 1:72-73 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
- 2 Kings 10:10 Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.”
- Deuteronomy 3:20 until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall each return to his own possession, which I have given you.”
- Deuteronomy 12:10 But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,
- Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6 He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- Luke 1:54-55 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
- Hebrews 4:3-9 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;” and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.” Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience, he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:56 Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath given…
1Ki 8:56 Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Ver. 56. Blessed be the Lord.] Praemittit gratiarum actionem benedictioni.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain There hath not failed one word of all his…
There hath not failed one word of all his good promise: see the like Jos 21:45; 23:14; 2Ki 10:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Lord our God be with us as he…
The Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and those that came out of Egypt, and especially that entered into the land of Canaan under Joshua, and subdued it; as the Lord had been with them to guide and direct them, protect and defend them, succeed and prosper them, so Solomon desires he might be with them: nothing is more desirable than the presence of God; Solomon could not have prayed for a greater blessing for himself and his people; the Targum is,
"let the Word of the Lord our God be for our help, as he was for the help of our fathers:''
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let him not leave us, nor forsake us: this was no doubt a prayer of faith, founded upon a divine promise, Jos 1:5.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Blessed, &c. - This discharge he gives in the…
Blessed, &c. - This discharge he gives in the name of all Israel, to the everlasting honour of the Divine faithfulness, and the everlasting encouragement of all those that build upon the Divine promises.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 56. that hath given rest unto his people] For…
56. that hath given rest unto his people] For Solomon’s reign was to be specially a time of peace (cf. 1Ki_2:33), and it was only in a time of profound tranquillity that the great works of the Temple and the king’s house could have been carried out. This no doubt was the idea of the LXX., who make this verse commence ‘Blessed be the Lord to-day.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (56) That hath given rest.—Now for the first time…
(56) That hath given rest.—Now for the first time the frequent promise of rest (Exo_33:14; Deu_12:10, &c.)—partially fulfilled after the conquest of the days of Joshua (Jos_21:44-45; Jos_23:1; Jos_23:14), and after the establishment of the kingdom of David (2Sa_7:1)—was perfectly accomplished under Solomon the Peaceful, and the whole charter of gift of the promised land (Jos_1:3-4) for the first time thoroughly entered upon. Of the “rest” of Israel, the transfer of the Ark of the Lord from the shifting Tabernacle to the fixed Temple was at once a sign and a pledge. Yet Solomon’s subsequent words imply that “entering into that rest” was conditional on fulfilment of Israel’s part in the covenant, by “walking in the ways of the Lord.” That condition, which he knew so well, he himself broke, and all Israel with him. Hence the fulfilment of the foreboding which emerges so constantly in his prayer. The glory of rest and happiness of his age was but a gleam of prosperity, soon to be swallowed up in dissension and disaster.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto…
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised a distinct reference to Deu_12:9, 10 (cf. 3:20), where we read that when the Lord should have given rest to Israel, then a place for sacrifice, etc., should be appointed (ver. 11). That place is now dedicated, and the king sees in this circumstance a proof that the rest is now at last fully attained. The permanent sanctuary is a pledge of settlement in the land. The rest hitherto enjoyed (Jos_21:44) had been but partial. Only under Solomon were the Philistines brought into complete subjection, 1Ki_9:16) and hitherto the ark had dwelt in curtains); there hath not failed Heb. fallen; 1Sa_3:19 one word a clear reference to Jos_21:45, asthe preceding words are to ver. 44 of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand (cf. ver. 53) of Moses his servant viz. in Lev_26:3-13, and in Deu_28:1-14, i.e., in the chapters which are the sources of this prayer, etc.
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