New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Kings 8:44-53
44“WhenH3588 Your peopleH5971 goH3318 out to battleH4421 againstH5921 1their enemyH340, by whateverH834 wayH1870 You shall sendH7971 them, and 2they prayH6419 to the LordH3068 3towardH1870 the cityH5892 whichH834 You have chosenH977 and the houseH1004 whichH834 I have builtH1129 for Your nameH8034, 45then hearH8085 in heavenH8064 their prayerH8605 and their supplicationH8467, and maintainH6213 their 4causeH4941.
46“WhenH3588 they sinH2398 against You (for 5thereH369 is noH369 manH120 whoH834 does not sinH2398) and You are angryH599 with them and deliverH5414 them to an enemyH340, so that 6they takeH7617 them away captiveH7628 7to the landH776 of the enemyH340, farH7350 off orH176 nearH7138; 478if they 9takeH7725 thoughtH3820 in the landH776 whereH834H8033 they have been takenH7617 captiveH7628, and repentH7725 and makeH2603 supplicationH2603 to You in the landH776 of those who have takenH7617 them captiveH7628, sayingH559, ‘10We have sinnedH2398 and have committedH5753 iniquityH5753, we have actedH7561 wickedlyH7561’; 4811if they returnH7725 to You with allH3605 their heartH3824 and with allH3605 their soulH5315 in the landH776 of their enemiesH340 whoH834 have takenH7617 them captiveH7628, and 12prayH6419 to You towardH1870 their landH776 whichH834 You have givenH5414 to their fathersH1, the cityH5892 whichH834 You have chosenH977, and the houseH1004 whichH834 I have builtH1129 for Your nameH8034; 49then hearH8085 their prayerH8605 and their supplicationH8467 in heavenH8064 Your dwellingH3427 placeH4349, and maintainH6213 their 13causeH4941, 50and forgiveH5545 Your peopleH5971 whoH834 have sinnedH2398 against You and allH3605 their transgressionsH6588 whichH834 they have transgressedH6586 against You, and 14makeH5414 them objects of compassionH7356 beforeH6440 those who have takenH7617 them captiveH7628, that they may haveH7355 compassionH7355 on them 51(15for they are Your peopleH5971 and Your inheritanceH5159 whichH834 You have broughtH3318 forthH3318 from EgyptH4714, 16from the midstH8432 of the ironH1270 furnaceH3564), 5217that Your eyesH5869 may be openH6605 to the supplicationH8467 of Your servantH5650 and to the supplicationH8467 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, to listenH8085 to them wheneverH3605 they callH7121 to You. 53For You have separatedH914 them from allH3605 the peoplesH5971 of the earthH776 as Your inheritanceH5159, 18as You spokeH1696 throughH3027 MosesH4872 Your servantH5650, when You broughtH3318 our fathersH1 forthH3318 from EgyptH4714, O LordH136 19GodH3068.”
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit his ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 8:44 2 Chr 14:11 ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit in the way of ↩
- 4. 1 Kings 8:45 Lit right or justice ↩
- 5. 1 Kings 8:46 Ps 130:3, 4; 143:2; Prov 20:9; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:23; 1 John 1:8-10 ↩
- 6. 1 Kings 8:46 Lit their captors take them captive ↩
- 7. 1 Kings 8:46 Lev 26:34-39; 2 Kin 17:6, 18; 25:21 ↩
- 8. 1 Kings 8:47 Lev 26:40-42; Neh 9:2 ↩
- 9. 1 Kings 8:47 Lit return to their heart ↩
- 10. 1 Kings 8:47 Ezra 9:6, 7; Neh 1:6; Ps 106:6; Dan 9:5 ↩
- 11. 1 Kings 8:48 Deut 4:29; 1 Sam 7:3, 4; Neh 1:9 ↩
- 12. 1 Kings 8:48 Dan 6:10; Jon 2:4 ↩
- 13. 1 Kings 8:49 Lit judgment ↩
- 14. 1 Kings 8:50 2 Chr 30:9; Ps 106:46; Acts 7:10 ↩
- 15. 1 Kings 8:51 Ex 32:11, 12; Deut 9:26-29 ↩
- 16. 1 Kings 8:51 Deut 4:20; Jer 11:4 ↩
- 17. 1 Kings 8:52 1 Kin 8:29 ↩
- 18. 1 Kings 8:53 Ex 19:5, 6; Deut 9:26-29 ↩
- 19. 1 Kings 8:53 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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