1 Kings 8:59

57 May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. ^aMay He not leave us nor forsake us,

58 that He may ^aincline 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.

59 And 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,

60 ^athat all the peoples of the earth may know that ^bthe Lord is God; there is no other.

61 Let your ^aheart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Kings 8:59

And let these my words - This and the following verse is a sort of supplement to the prayer which ended I Kings 8:53; but there is an important addition to this prayer in the parallel place, II Chronicles 6:41, II Chronicles 6:42 : "Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant."

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