40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-53)Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon’s prayer, in which he makes a more particular declaration of the uses of that surrender, with all humility and reverence, desiring that God would agree thereto. In short, it is his request that this temple may be deemed and taken, not only for a house o…
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