1 Kings 8:40

40 so that they may fear You all the days they live on the land You gave our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:40 Meaning and Commentary

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 ) .

1 Kings 8:40 In-Context

38 whatever prayer or petition anyone from Your people Israel might have- each man knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple-

39 may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and may You forgive, act, and repay the man, according to all his ways, since You know his heart, for You alone know every human heart,

40 so that they may fear You all the days they live on the land You gave our ancestors.

41 Even for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name-

42 for they will hear of Your great name, mighty hand, and outstretched arm, and will come and pray toward this temple-