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1Ki 8:59 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

let these my words		This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2Ch 6:41, 42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.
nigh		Psa 102:1,2; Psa 141:2; Jhn 17:9,20-24; 1Jo 2:2
at all times		Heb. the thing of a day in his day. Luk 11:3
as the matter		Deu 33:25

Correlating Passages

let these my words

	2Ch 6:41	Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
	2Ch 6:42	O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

nigh

	Psa 102:1	[[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.]] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
	Psa 102:2	Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.
	Psa 141:2	Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
	Jhn 17:9	I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
	Jhn 17:20	Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
	Jhn 17:21	That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
	Jhn 17:22	And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
	Jhn 17:23	I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
	Jhn 17:24	Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
	1Jo 2:2	And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

at all times

Luk 11:3

Give us day by day our daily bread.

as the matter

Deu 33:25

Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 8:59," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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