1 Kings 8:40
that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gave to our fathers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:20And Moses said to the people, Fear not, for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye not sin.
Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shall fear LORD thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name.
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart, for consider what great things he has done for you.
Psalms 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.
Hosea 3:5Afterward the sons of Israel shall return and seek LORD their God and David their king, and shall come with fear to LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
Acts 10:2a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:23-54
Solomon's Prayer. ( b. c. 1003.) 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 24 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,… Read the whole commentary →