He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below, who keeps the gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.
1 Kings 8:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now Lord God of Israel, please confirm what you promised to your servant, my father David. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience]. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. Common English Bible So now, God of Israel, may your promise to your servant David, my father, come true. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David my father. |
He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below, who keeps the gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.
But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
Now, Lord, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be confirmed for ever, and do as you have promised.
Lord God, let your promise to my father David now come true. For you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I will answer them. I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.
I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord. I am the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.” ’ I answered, ‘Amen, Lord.’
Eli responded, ‘Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request you’ve made of him.’