1 Kings 8:40
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so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.
Read 1 Kings 8:40 Using Other Translations
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
Then they will fear you as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.
What does 1 Kings 8:40 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 Kings 8:40
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 ( Psalms 130:4
) ( Hosea 3:5
)
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, ( Isaiah 1:19 ) .
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