1 Kings 8:58-60
1599 Geneva Bible
58 That he may [a]bow our hearts unto him, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his laws, which he commanded our fathers.
59 And these my words, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near unto the Lord our God day and night, that he defend the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel [b]always as the matter requireth,
60 That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord is God, and none other.
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- 1 Kings 8:58 He concludeth that man of himself is enemy unto God, and that all obedience to his Law proceedeth of his mere mercy.
- 1 Kings 8:59 Hebrew, the thing of a day in his day.
1 Kings 8:58-60
New International Version
58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(B) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(C)
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