1 Kings 8:26 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:24 who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand, as at this day.

1 Kings 8:25 And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

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

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

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And now Jehovah God of Israel keep..." into verse 27's "But will God indeed dwell on the...", so "israel" and "words" 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 "words" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.