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1 Kings 8:57

in 1 Kings 8

May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

KJV

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

This verse in 1 Kings 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

); let him not leave us, let him be to us to day, and to ours for ever, what he was to those that went before us." 2. The power of his grace upon them: " Let him be with us, and continue with us, not that he may enlarge our coasts and increase our wealth, but that he may incline our hearts to himself, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, "

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • יְהִ֨יmay he be

    yehiH1961 →3559 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙God our

    ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times

  • עִמָּ֔נוּwith us

    ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • הָיָ֖הhe was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּancestors our

    ʾavoteinuH1 →1212 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יַעַזְבֵ֖נוּhe forsake us

    yaazvenuH5800 →215 times

  • וְאַֽל־and may not

    veal-H408 →724 times

  • יִטְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃he abandon us

    yiteshenuH5203 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:6

    Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 1:9

      Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Hebrews 13:5

    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 31:6

      Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 31:8

      The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

  • Through

    Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 28:15

      Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…

    • Jeremiah 1:7–8

      But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

    • Psalms 27:1–2

      The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

    • Joshua 1:6–7

      Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.