1 Kings 8:57 (LSB)

Passage

May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one promise has failed of all His good promises, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.

1 Kings 8:57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us,

1 Kings 8:58 that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:59 And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that He may do justice for His slave and justice for His people Israel, as each day requires,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "fathers", "forsake", and "abandon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "fathers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 56's "Blessed be Yahweh who has given rest..." into verse 58's "that He may incline our hearts to...", so "yahweh" and "fathers" 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 "yahweh" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.