1 Kings 8:61

61 May your hearts be committed to the LORD our God. Then you will live by his laws and keep his commands as you have today."

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 May these words which I have prayed to the LORD be near the LORD our God day and night. Then he will give me and his people Israel justice every day as it is needed.

60 In this way all the people of the world will know that the LORD is God and there is no other [god].

61 May your hearts be committed to the LORD our God. Then you will live by his laws and keep his commands as you have today."

62 Then the king and all Israel offered sacrifices to the LORD.

63 Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep as fellowship offerings to the LORD. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the LORD's temple.