New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 8:60
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 may guide our hearts toward Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. 59And may these words of mine, with which I have implored the favor of the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, so that He will maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no one else. 61Your hearts therefore shall be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.” 62Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord.
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לְמַ֗עַן דַּ֚עַת כָּל־עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֖ין עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:60
- 1 Kings 8:43hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and act in accordance with all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.
- Joshua 4:24so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
- 1 Samuel 17:46This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you and remove your head from you. Then I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 2 Kings 19:19But now, Lord our God, please, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.”
- 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God!”
- Deuteronomy 4:35You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord, He is God; there is no other besides Him.
- Isaiah 44:6“This is what the Lord says, He who is the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of armies: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.
- Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will arm you, though you have not known Me,
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes at His wrath, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Joel 2:27So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God And there is no other; And My people will never 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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Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 8:60 Josh 4:24; 1 Sam 17:46; 1 Kin 8:43; 2 Kin 19:19 ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 8:60 Deut 4:35; 1 Kin 18:39; Jer 10:10-12 ↩
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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