New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 8:29-35
291so that Your eyesH5869 may be openH6605 towardH413 thisH2088 houseH1004 nightH3915 and dayH3117, towardH413 2the placeH4725 of whichH834 You have saidH559, ‘My nameH8034 shall be thereH8033,’ to listenH8085 to the prayerH8605 whichH834 Your servantH5650 will prayH6419 towardH413 thisH2088 placeH4725. 30And 3listenH8085 to the pleaH8467 of Your servantH5650 and of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, 4whenH834 they prayH6419 towardH413 thisH2088 placeH4725; hearH8085 in heavenH8064 Your dwellingH3427 placeH4725; hearH8085 and 5forgiveH5545!
31“6IfH834 a personH376 sinsH2398 against his neighborH7453 and is compelledH5377 to takeH422 anH422 oathH423 of innocence, and he comesH935 and takesH422 anH422 oathH422 beforeH6440 Your altarH4196 in thisH2088 houseH1004, 32then hearH8085 in heavenH8064 and actH6213 and judgeH8199 Your servantsH5650, 7condemningH7561 the wickedH7563 by 8bringingH5414 his wayH1870 on his own headH7218, and acquittingH6663 the righteousH6662 by givingH5414 him according to his righteousnessH6666.
33“9When Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 are 10defeatedH5062 beforeH6440 an enemyH340 becauseH834 they have sinnedH2398 against You, 11if they turnH7725 to You againH7725 and confessH3034 Your nameH8034 and prayH6419 and imploreH2603 Your 12favorH2603 in thisH2088 houseH1004, 34then hearH8085 in heavenH8064, and forgiveH5545 the sinH2403 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and bringH7725 them backH7725 to the landH127 whichH834 You gaveH5414 their fathersH1.
35“13When the heavensH8064 are shutH6113 upH6113 and there is noH3808 rainH4306 becauseH3588 they have sinnedH2398 against You, and they prayH6419 towardH413 thisH2088 placeH4725 and praiseH3034 Your nameH8034, and turnH7725 from their sinH2403 whenH3588 You afflictH6031 them,
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chr 7:15; Neh 1:6 ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 8:29 Deut 12:11 ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 8:30 Neh 1:6 ↩
- 4. 1 Kings 8:30 Dan 6:10 ↩
- 5. 1 Kings 8:30 Ex 34:6, 7; Ps 85:2; Dan 9:9; 1 John 1:9 ↩
- 6. 1 Kings 8:31 Ex 22:8-11 ↩
- 7. 1 Kings 8:32 Deut 25:1 ↩
- 8. 1 Kings 8:32 Lit giving ↩
- 9. 1 Kings 8:33 Lev 26:17, 25; Deut 28:25, 48 ↩
- 10. 1 Kings 8:33 Lit struck ↩
- 11. 1 Kings 8:33 Lev 26:40-42 ↩
- 12. 1 Kings 8:33 Or compassion ↩
- 13. 1 Kings 8:35 Lev 26:19; Deut 11:16, 17; 2 Sam 24:10-13 ↩
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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