Discovery Box1 Kings 8:54-61 
Context8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 1 8:55 When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: 8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure 2 just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! 3 8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. 8:58 May he make us submissive, 4 so we can follow all his instructions 5 and obey 6 the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. 8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 7 so that he might vindicate 8 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. 8:60 Then 9 all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. 10 8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God 11 by following 12 his rules and obeying 13 his commandments, as you are presently doing.” 14
1 tn Or “toward heaven.”
2 tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”
3 tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”
4 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the
5 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
6 tn Heb “keep.”
7 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the
8 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
9 tn Heb “so that.”
10 tn Heb “the
11 tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the
12 tn Heb “walking in.”
13 tn Heb “keeping.”
14 tn Heb “as this day.”
