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1 Kings 8:40

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 8:40 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
1 Kings 8:40 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
37If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting [or] mildew, locust [or] caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name`s sake
42(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“That they may fear thee, etc.] For his goodness sake in hearing their prayer, removing their affliction, and bestowing his blessings on them, particularly in forgiving their sins, (see <19D004>Psalm 130:4 <280305>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, (<230119>Isaiah 1:19).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“fear thee: Gen 22:12; Exo 20:20; Deu 6:2, Deu 6:13; Sa1 12:24; Psa 115:13, Psa 130:4; Jer 32:39, Jer 32:40; Hos 3:5; Act 9:31, Act 10:2; Heb 12:28; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5 3 Kings (1 Kings) 8:41”
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