1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be the LORD, 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 the hand of Moses his servant.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and those that came out of Egypt, and especially that entered into the land of Canaan under Joshua, and subdued…
Solomon, after his sermon in Ecclesiastes, gives us the conclusion of the whole matter; so he does here, after this long prayer; it is called his blessing the people, Kg1 8:55. He pronounced it…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that hath given rest unto his people For Solomon's reign was to be specially a time of peace (cf. 1Ki 2:33), and it was only in a time of profound tranquillity that the great works of the Temple and…
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