1 Kings 8:59 (WEB)
Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires;
Fathers and councils · 1
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.1Discourse III
“…were not His own words but the Father’s, and so of His works, then,—since David says, ‘I will hear what the Lord God shall say in me,’ and again Solomon, ‘My words are spoken by God,’ and since Moses was minister of words which were from God, and each of the Prophets spoke not what was his own but what was from…” — editor's note: 1 Kings viii. 59, or x. 24?
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Cross-references · 2
1 Kings 8:59 and Sirach 35:19 share the same wording (9 words).
1 Kings 8:59 and Isaiah 51:22 share the same wording (9 words).