New King James Version
1 Kings 8:60
60that all the peoples of the earth may 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 Living Translation (NLT)Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.
Context of 1 Kings 8:60
58that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 59And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day may require, that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. 61Let your heart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.” 62Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord.
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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 8:43hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.
- Joshua 4:24that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
- 1 Samuel 17:46This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- 2 Kings 19:19Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God, You alone.”
- 1 Kings 18:39Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
- Deuteronomy 4:35To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
- Isaiah 44:6“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.
- Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird 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. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
- Joel 2:27Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall 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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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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