1 Kings 8:40
in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
Translation for Translators
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 20:20Moses/I replied, “Do not be afraid! God has come to determine/test how you will behave. He wants you to revere him, and to not sin.”
Deuteronomy 6:13“You must revere Yahweh our God, and you must serve only him and say that he should [MTY] punish you if you do not do what you have promised.
1 Samuel 12:24But you must revere Yahweh and serve him wholeheartedly. Never forget all the great things that he has done for you.
Psalms 130:4But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you.
Hosea 3:5But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and be guided by him and by a king who is a descendant of King David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling in his presence, and he will bless them.
Acts 10:2He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household [MTY] were non-Jews who habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor Jewish people, and he prayed to God regularly.
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 →