1 Kings 8
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1 Kings 8:46-53

46“WhenH3588 they sinH2398 against You (for 1thereH369 isH369 noH369 personH120 whoH834 does not sinH2398) and You are angryH599 with them and turnH5414 them overH5414 to an enemyH340, so that 2they takeH7617 them awayH7617 captiveH7617 3to the landH776 of the enemyH340, distantH7350 orH176 nearH7138; 474if they 5takeH7725 it to heartH3820 in the landH776 whereH834H8033 they have been takenH7617 captiveH7617, and repentH7725 and imploreH2603 Your 6favorH2603 in the landH776 of those who have takenH7617 them captiveH7617, sayingH559, ‘7We have sinnedH2398 and doneH5753 wrongH5753, we have actedH7561 wickedlyH7561’; 488if they returnH7725 to You with allH3605 their heartH3824 and with allH3605 their soulH5315 in the landH776 of their enemiesH340 whoH834 have takenH7617 them captiveH7617, and 9prayH6419 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 pleadingH8467 in heavenH8064, Your dwellingH3427 placeH4349, and maintainH6213 their causeH4941, 50and forgiveH5545 Your peopleH5971 whoH834 have sinnedH2398 against You and allH3605 their wrongdoingsH6588 whichH834 they have committedH6586 against You, and 10makeH5414 them objects of compassionH7356 beforeH6440 those who have takenH7617 them captiveH7617, so that they will haveH7355 compassionH7355 onH7355 them 51(11for they are Your peopleH5971 and Your inheritanceH5159 whichH834 You have broughtH3318 outH3318 of EgyptH4714, 12from the midstH8432 of the ironH1270 furnaceH3564), 5213so that Your eyesH5869 may be openH6605 to the pleadingH8467 of Your servantH5650 and to the pleadingH8467 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, to listenH8085 to them wheneverH3605 they callH7121 to You. 53For You have singledH914 them outH914 from allH3605 the peoplesH5971 of the earthH776 as Your inheritanceH5159, 14justH3512 asH3512 You spokeH1696 throughH3027 MosesH4872 Your servantH5650, when You broughtH3318 our fathersH1 outH3318 of EgyptH4714, LordH136 15GodH3068.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 8:46 Ps 130:3, 4; 143:2; Prov 20:9; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:23; 1 John 1:8-10 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 8:46 Lit their captors take them captive ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 8:46 Lev 26:34-39; 2 Kin 17:6, 18; 25:21 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 8:47 Lev 26:40-42; Neh 9:2 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 8:47 Lit return to their heart ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 8:47 Or compassion ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 8:47 Ezra 9:6, 7; Neh 1:6; Ps 106:6; Dan 9:5 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 8:48 Deut 4:29; 1 Sam 7:3, 4; Neh 1:9 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 8:48 Dan 6:10; Jon 2:4 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 8:50 2 Chr 30:9; Ps 106:46; Acts 7:10 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Kings 8:51 Ex 32:11, 12; Deut 9:26-29 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Kings 8:51 Deut 4:20; Jer 11:4 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Kings 8:52 1 Kin 8:29 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Kings 8:53 Ex 19:5, 6; Deut 9:26-29 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Kings 8:53 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩

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