1 Kings 8:15

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel [ 1 Kings 1:48 ], which spake with his mouth unto [or, concerning ; אֵל after verbs of speaking has the force of de ( Genesis 20:2 ; Jeremiah 40:16 ; Psalms 69:27 ). David my father [The words were really spoken to Nathan], and hath with his hand [ i.e; power; cf. Job 34:20 ; Acts 4:28 ; Acts 13:11 ; Ezra 7:6 ] fulfilled it [the spoken word He has fulfilled in deed], saying , [The reference is to 2 Samuel 7:1-29 ; of which Solomon merely gives the substance. Much of what he says here is not recorded there.]