1 Kings 8:61 (DBY)

Passage

and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:59 And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;

1 Kings 8:60 that all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that there is none else;

1 Kings 8:61 and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon sacrificed a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he sacrificed to Jehovah, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heart", "perfect", "jehovah", "walk", "statutes", "keep", and "commandments". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heart" and "perfect", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 60's "that all peoples of the earth may..." into verse 62's "And the king and all Israel with...", so "heart" and "perfect" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heart" and "perfect" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.