1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
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In Context
55And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
57The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:20Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God has given them beyond Jordan: and then shall all of you return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy 12:12And all of you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, all of you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he has no part nor inheritance with you.
Joshua 21:45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, 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 unto Israel in his days.
Luke 1:54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his 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 →