1 Kings 8:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:15 : 15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,
  • 2 Chr 6:14-15 : 14 And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts; 15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.
  • 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

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  • 2 Chr 6:14-17
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    14 And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;

    15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    16 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

    17 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25-26
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    25 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

    26 So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
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    15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 2 Sam 7:25-28
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    25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

    26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!

    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

    28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:23-26
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    23 And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

    24 So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

    25 For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

    26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

  • 1 Kgs 8:23
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    23 Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

  • 2 Sam 7:19-21
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    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

    20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

    21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-19
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    17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

    19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

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    11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • 1 Chr 17:8
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    8 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
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    38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
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    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4-5
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    4 As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

    5 Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
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    17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

    18 Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8 And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
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    30 As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

  • 1 Sam 24:18
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    18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
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    28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

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    9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

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    18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

  • 1 Chr 28:7
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    7 I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

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    12 About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

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    3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;

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    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

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    43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?