1 Kings 8:40
That they may feare thee as long as they liue in ye lad, which thou gauest vnto our fathers.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 20:20Then Moses sayde vnto the people, Feare not: for God is come to proue you, and that his feare may be before you, that ye sinne not.
Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
1 Samuel 12:24Therefore feare you the Lord, and serue him in the trueth with all your hearts, and consider howe great things he hath done for you.
Psalms 130:4But mercie is with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Hosea 3:5Afterward shall the children of Israel conuert, and seeke the Lord their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the Lord, and his goodnes in the latter dayes.
Acts 10:2A deuoute man, and one that feared God with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God continually.
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 →