1 Kings 8:40
so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
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 saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces — that ye sin not.'
Deuteronomy 6:13Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;
1 Samuel 12:24only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;
Psalms 130:4But with Thee [is] forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
Hosea 3:5Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.
Acts 10:2pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to 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 →