Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.

56. 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 the king’s house could have been carried out. This no doubt was the idea of the LXX., who make this verse commence ‘Blessed be the Lord to-day.’

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

There hath not failed one word of all his good promise: see the like Jos 21:45; 23:14; 2Ki 10:10.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according, to all that he promised…. A land of rest, and rest in the land from all enemies; see De 12:9,

there hath not failed one word of all his good promises, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant: so Joshua observed a little before his death, Jos 23:14 to which Solomon seems to have respect; and who lived to see a greater accomplishment of the gracious promises of God, and his faithfulness therein, both in the times of his father David, and his own.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

The praise of Jehovah rests, so far as the first part is concerned, upon the promise in Deu 12:9-10, and upon its fulfilment in Jos 21:44-45 and Jos 23:14; and the second part is founded upon Lev 26:3-13 and Deu 28:1-14, where the “good word, which the Lord spake by Moses,” is more precisely described as the blessing which the Lord had promised to His people and had hitherto bestowed upon them. He had already given Israel rest by means of Joshua when the land of Canaan was taken; but since many parts of the land still remained in the hands of the Canaanites, this rest was only fully secured to them by David’s victories over all their enemies. This glorious fulfilment warranted the hope that the Lord would also fulfil in the future what He had promised His servant David (2Sa 7:10), if the people themselves would only faithfully adhere to their God. Solomon therefore sums up all his wishes for the good of the kingdom in 1Ki 8:57-61 in the words, “May Jehovah our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us nor forsake us, to incline our heart to Himself, that we may walk in all His ways,” etc. – that the evil words predicted by Moses in Lev 26:14., Deu 28:15, may not fall upon us. For 1Ki 8:57 compare Deu 31:6, Deu 31:8, and Jos 1:5. corresponds to in these passages. In the Pentateuch is used but once of men who forsake the Lord, viz., Deu 32:15; in other cases it is only used in the general sense of casting away, letting alone, and other similar meanings. It is first used of God, in the sense of forsaking His people, in Psa 27:9 in connection with ; and it frequently occurs afterwards in Jeremiah.

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(56) That hath given rest.Now for the first time the frequent promise of rest (Exo. 33:14; Deu. 12:10, &c.)partially fulfilled after the conquest of the days of Joshua (Jos. 21:44-45; Jos. 23:1; Jos. 23:14), and after the establishment of the kingdom of David (2Sa. 7:1)was perfectly accomplished under Solomon the Peaceful, and the whole charter of gift of the promised land (Jos. 1:3-4) for the first time thoroughly entered upon. Of the rest of Israel, the transfer of the Ark of the Lord from the shifting Tabernacle to the fixed Temple was at once a sign and a pledge. Yet Solomons subsequent words imply that entering into that rest was conditional on fulfilment of Israels part in the covenant, by walking in the ways of the Lord. That condition, which he knew so well, he himself broke, and all Israel with him. Hence the fulfilment of the foreboding which emerges so constantly in his prayer. The glory of rest and happiness of his age was but a gleam of prosperity, soon to be swallowed up in dissension and disaster.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

1Ki 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.

Ver. 56. Blessed be the Lord. ] Praemittit gratiarum actionem benedictioni.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)