1 Kings 8:56 (YLT)

Passage

`Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:54 And it cometh to pass, at Solomon's finishing to pray unto Jehovah all this prayer and supplication, he hath risen from before the altar of Jehovah, from bending on his knees, and his hands spread out to the heavens,

1 Kings 8:55 and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel <FI>with<Fi> a loud voice, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:57 `Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

1 Kings 8:58 to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "jehovah", "hath", "given", "rest", "people", and "israel". 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 standeth and blesseth all the..." into verse 57's "Jehovah our God is 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.