1 Kings 8:58

58 but bow he our hearts to himself, that we go in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and ceremonies, and dooms, whichever he commanded to our fathers. (but bow he our hearts to himself, so that we go in all his ways, and obey his commandments, and statutes, and judgements, whatever he commanded to our forefathers.)

1 Kings 8:58 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:58

That he may incline our hearts unto him
By his Spirit, to love, fear, and serve him; to attend to his worship, word, and ordinances:

to walk in all his ways;
he has prescribed and directed to:

and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments,
which he commanded our fathers;
all his laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial.

1 Kings 8:58 In-Context

56 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that hath given rest to his people Israel (who hath given peace to his people Israel), (as) by all things which he spake; a word felled not down, soothly neither one, of all [the] goods/of all the good things which he spake by Moses, his servant.

57 Our Lord God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and forsake not us (and desert us not), neither cast us away;

58 but bow he our hearts to himself, that we go in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and ceremonies, and dooms, whichever he commanded to our fathers. (but bow he our hearts to himself, so that we go in all his ways, and obey his commandments, and statutes, and judgements, whatever he commanded to our forefathers.)

59 And these words of me, by which I have prayed before the Lord, be they nighing to our Lord God by day and night, that he make doom to me his servant, and to his people Israel by all days; (And these words of mine, with which I have prayed before the Lord, be they close to the Lord our God day and night, so that he may grant justice to me his servant, and to his people Israel by all days;)

60 and (so that) all the peoples of [the] earth know, that the Lord himself is God, and [there is] none other without him (and there is no one else but him).