1 Kings 8:60

60 so ¹that all the peoples of the earth may know that ²the LORD is God; there is no one else.

1 Kings 8:60 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:60

That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is
God
By chastising the people of Israel when they sinned; by bearing and answering their prayers when they prayed unto him; by forgiving their sins, and delivering them out of their troubles; by maintaining their cause, and protecting them in the enjoyment of their blessings: and that there is "none else"; no God besides him; all being else fictitious deities, or nominal ones; he only is the one living and true God.

1 Kings 8:60 In-Context

58 that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.

59 "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD , be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires,

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else.

61 "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

62 Now the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD .

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 4:24; 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Kings 8:43; 2 Kings 19:19
• 2. Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 18:39; Jeremiah 10:10-12