1 Kings 8:61

61 Let your heart be completely with Yahweh our God by walking in his statutes, by keeping his commands as this day."

1 Kings 8:61 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:61

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God,
&c.] Sincere in their love to him, united in their worship of him, and constant in their obedience to him:

to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day:
as they did that day, neither king nor people having as yet fallen into idolatry, but showing by their then present appearance a zeal for God, his house, and worship.

1 Kings 8:61 In-Context

59 Let these my words which I pleaded before Yahweh [be] near to Yahweh our God, by day and by night, to maintain the justice of his servant and the justice of his people Israel {as each day requires}

60 so that all of the people of the earth may know that Yahweh, he [is] God; there is none other.

61 Let your heart be completely with Yahweh our God by walking in his statutes, by keeping his commands as this day."

62 Then the king and all of Israel with him offered a sacrifice in the presence of Yahweh.

63 Solomon sacrificed the fellowship offerings which he offered to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep; and the king and all of the {Israelites} dedicated the house of Yahweh.