1 Kings 8:26
Good News Translation
So now, O God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to my father David, your servant.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David.

Contemporary English Version
Please keep this promise you made to your servant David.

New American Bible
Now, God of Israel, may the words you spoke to your servant, David my father, be confirmed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.

and now

1 Kings 8:23 And said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on the earth beneath: who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that have walked before thee with all their heart:

Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

1 Samuel 1:17 Then Heli said to her: Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

Psalm 41:13 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

Isaiah 41:17 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:3 And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.

let thy word

2 Samuel 7:25-29 And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken, concerning thy servant and concerning his house: and do as thou hast spoken, . . .

2 Chronicles 1:9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

Psalm 119:49 Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

Jeremiah 11:5 That I may accomplish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered and said: Amen, O Lord.

Ezekiel 36:36,37 And the nations, that shall be left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built up what was destroyed, and planted what was desolate, that I the Lord have spoken and done it. . . .

Context
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
25Now, therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David, my father, what thou hast spoken to him, saying: There shall not be taken away of thee a man in my sight, to sit on the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked in my sight. 26And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.27Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?…
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25
And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken, concerning thy servant and concerning his house: and do as thou hast spoken,

1 Kings 8:27
Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

1 Kings 8:25
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