King James Version
1 Kings 8:57 in the King James Version says “The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:”
1 Kings 8:57 · KJV
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. failed: Heb. fallen
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times , as the matter shall require: at all: Heb. the thing of a day in his day
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“be with us as he was with our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“us nor forsake”
H5203properly, to pound, i.e., smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusive
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