1 Kings 8:58 (YLT)

Passage

to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:56 `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:57 `Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

1 Kings 8:58 to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

1 Kings 8:59 and these my words with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, are near unto Jehovah our God by day and by night, to maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, the matter of a day in its day;

1 Kings 8:60 for all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> God; there is none else;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 57's "Jehovah our God is with us as..." into verse 59's "and these my words with which I...", so "incline" and "heart" 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 "incline" and "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.