Solomon

“Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel just as He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses.”

1 Kings 8:56 (NIV)

THE QUESTION

At the dedication of the temple, a king told Israel, “Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses.” Who said it?

A) David

B) Hezekiah

C) Josiah

D) Solomon ✓

A closer look

It took Solomon seven years to build the temple (1 Kings 6:38). When the day came to dedicate it, the priests carried the ark of the covenant inside, and a cloud filled the building: “the glory of the Lord filled His temple” (1 Kings 8:6-11). Solomon knelt and prayed in front of all Israel. Then he stood up and blessed the people with the words in today’s question.

And think how far back he was looking. Solomon began building in the four hundred and eightieth year after Israel came out of Egypt (1 Kings 6:1). That is almost five hundred years of promises, all the way back to Moses, and he could not find one that had failed.

David is an easy one to think of here. The temple was his dream, and he made great preparations for it, but God gave the building to his son (1 Chronicles 22:5-10).

Solomon had almost five hundred years of proof for what today’s verse says: “For no word from God will ever fail” (Luke 1:37).

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