1 Kings 8:20

1 Kings 8:20 -

And the Lord hath performed [Same word as in 1 Kings 2:4 . Lit; "hath raised up" ( LXX . ἀνέστησε ). Also same word as "risen up" ( LXX . ἀνέστην ) below, and as "set up" in 2 Samuel 7:12 . We might translate "established" throughout] his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel [ 2 Samuel 1:1-27 :48], as the Lord promised [ 2 Samuel 7:12 ], and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel [ ib . 2 Samuel 7:13 ].

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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1 Kings 8:20 -

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