1 Kings 8:26 (KJV)

Passage

And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:24 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.

1 Kings 8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

1 Kings 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

1 Kings 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "israel", "word", "pray", "thee", "verified", "thou", "spakest", and "servant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "israel" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Therefore now LORD God of Israel keep..." into verse 27's "But will God indeed dwell on the...", so "israel" and "word" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "israel" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.