60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.
60 That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
60 Then all the people on earth will know God is the true God; there is no other God.
60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
60 Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 8:60
Commentary on 1 Kings 8:54-61
(Read 1 Kings 8:54-61)
Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of which his supplication was a type. We shall receive grace sufficient, suitable, and seasonable, in every time of need. No human heart is of itself willing to obey the gospel call to repentance, faith, and newness of life, walking in all the commandments of the Lord, yet Solomon exhorts the people to be perfect. This is the scriptural method, it is our duty to obey the command of the law and the call of the gospel, seeing we have broken the law. When our hearts are inclined thereto, feeling our sinfulness and weakness, we pray for Divine assistance; thus are we made able to serve God through Jesus Christ.