that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
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that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
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That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers.
Cross-references (14)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 130:4 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
- Revelation 19:5 A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Genesis 22:12 He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
- Exodus 20:20 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”
- Deuteronomy 6:2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
- 1 Samuel 12:24 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
- Psalms 115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
- Jeremiah 32:39-40 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
- Acts 10:2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
- Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
- Revelation 15:4 Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Acts 9:31 So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:40 That they may fear thee all the…
1Ki 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Ver. 40. That they may fear thee.] For thy just judgments on hypocrites, and mercies to the sincere. {Psa 130:4 Hos 3:5}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That they may fear thee; that when thou hast…
That they may fear thee; that when thou hast first smitten them, and then so eminently delivered them, and that in answer to their prayer, they may hereby be taught to fear thee, and thy justice, and thy goodness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That they may fear thee,.... For his goodness sake…
That they may fear thee,.... For his goodness sake in hearing their prayer, removing their affliction, and bestowing his blessings on them, particularly in forgiving their sins, see Psa 130:4.
all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers; not only for the present, while the mercy is fresh, but all the days of their lives; to which they were the more obliged by the good land they possessed as a divine gift, and which they held by the tenure of their obedience, Isa 1:19.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 40. that they may fear thee] i.e. Being instructed…
40. that they may fear thee] i.e. Being instructed and warned by God’s judgements may cease to offend and in consequence need no more correction. Cf. Psa_130:4. ‘There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That they may fear thee all the days that…
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. Solomon anticipates that a godly fear will be the result of forgiveness and restoration. We find the same thought in Psa_130:4. The mercy and goodness of God should lead to repentance, but unhappily it not unseldom fails to do so.
The fifth petition contemplates the prayers which foreigners, attracted by the fame of Jerusalem, of its religion and sanctuary could offer towards the house. The Gentiles who should visit Jerusalem would assuredly, with their polytheistic ideas and their belief in local or tribal deities, invoke the aid and blessing of the mighty God of Jacob. This mention of aliens from the commonwealth of Israel in the prayer of dedication, especially when viewed in the light of the exclusiveness and bigotry which characterized the Jews of later days, is especially to be noticed. As Rawlinson (in loco) observes, "Nothing is more remarkable in the Mosaic law than its liberality with regard to strangers." He then quotes Exo_22:21; Leviticus Deu_10:19 Deu_31:12 Num_15:14-16; and adds: "It is quite in the spirit of these enactments that Solomon, having first prayed God on behalf of his fellow countrymen, should next go on to intercede for the strangers," etc. The intercourse of the Hebrews at this period with foreign nations, and the influence they exercised on the Jewish thought and manners (see Stanley, "Jewish Ch." 2. Leer. 26.), are also to be remembered. These new relations with the stranger would no doubt have widened Solomon"s views.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
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(See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
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