1 Kings 8:20 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:18 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

1 Kings 8:19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

1 Kings 8:20 Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:21 There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 8:22 Solomon stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "established", "word", "spoke", "risen", "place", "david", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "established", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Nevertheless you shall not build the house..." into verse 21's "There I have set a place for...", so "yahweh" and "established" 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 "yahweh" and "established" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.