1 Kings 8:56 (ASV)

Passage

Blessed be Jehovah, 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 Moses his servant.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:54 And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be Jehovah, 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 Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

1 Kings 8:58 that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "jehovah", "hath", "given", "rest", "people", "israel", and "promised". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "And he stood and blessed all the..." into verse 57's "Jehovah our God be with us as...", so "blessed" and "jehovah" 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 "blessed" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.