1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be LORD, 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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
55And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
57LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us, nor forsake us,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:20until LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan, then ye shall return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates--inasmuch as he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
Joshua 21:45There failed not anything of any good thing which LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon. And I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
Luke 1:54He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:55-62
Solomon Blesses and Exhorts the People. ( b. c. 1003.) 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord , he arose from before the altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 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… Read the whole commentary →