1 Kings 8:59

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. ⁵⁵And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: ⁵⁶"Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. ⁵⁷May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us. ⁵⁸May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers. ⁵⁹And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,⁶⁰so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other! ⁶¹So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let these my words: This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2 Chronicles 6:41, 2 Chronicles 6:42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.

nigh: Psalms 102:1, Psalms 102:2, Psalms 141:2, John 17:9, John 17:20-24, 1 John 2:2

at all times: Heb. the thing of a day in his day, Luke 11:3

as the matter: Deuteronomy 33:25

Reciprocal: Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord,.... At this time:

be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night; be continually remembered and regarded by him, that so gracious answers might always be returned to those who supplicated in this place:

that he maintain the cause of his servant; of himself and his successors in the throne, that they may continue to possess it in peace, to the glory of God, and the good of the people:

and the cause of his people Israel at all times: that their rights and privileges might be continued, and they supported in them; and both his cause and theirs be regarded:

as the matter shall require; as they should stand in need of assistance, direction, and protection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 59. And let these my words — This and the following verse is a sort of supplement to the prayer which ended 1 Kings 8:53; but there is an important addition to this prayer in the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 6:41-42: "Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant."