1 Kings 8:40
that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
41And for the stranger who is not of thy people,
Cross References
Exodus 20:20And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.
Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve; and thou shalt cleave to him, and by his name thou shalt swear.
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.
Hosea 3:5And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall be amazed at the Lord and at his goodness in the latter days.
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 →