1 Kings 8:24 - Printer Friendly

ESV: you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.

NIV: You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

NASB: You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.

CSB: You have kept what you promised to your servant, my father David. You spoke directly to him and you fulfilled your promise by your power as it is today.

NLT: You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.

KJV: Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

NKJV: You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.