Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 8:60
60May all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord is God. There is no other!
1 Kings 8:60 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
- New International Version (NIV)so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
Context of 1 Kings 8:60
58so that he causes us to be devoted to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors. 59May my words with which I have made my petition before the Lord be near the Lord our God day and night. May he uphold his servant’s cause and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires. May all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord is God. There is no other! 61Be wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commands, as it is today.” 62The king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices in the Lord’s presence.
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לְמַ֗עַן דַּ֚עַת כָּל־עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֖ין עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:60
- 1 Kings 8:43may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks. Then all peoples of earth will know your name, to fear you as your people Israel do and to know that this temple I have built bears your name.
- Joshua 4:24This is so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is strong, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.”
- 1 Samuel 17:46Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,
- 2 Kings 19:19Now, Lord our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone.
- 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The Lord, he is God! The Lord, he is God!”
- Deuteronomy 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
- Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me. I will strengthen you, though you do not know me,
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.
- Joel 2:27You will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:60
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-61Verses 54-61 Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of which his supplication was a type. We shall receive grace sufficient, suitable, and seasonable, in every time of need. No human heart is of itself willing to obey the gospel call to repentance, faith, and newness of life, walking in all the commandments of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-61Solomon asked God to stay with his people and help them become obedient and faithful. With God's grace and their faithfulness, Israel could experience God's justice and show everyone that the Lord alone is God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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