1 Kings 8:52

May you pay attention to the requests of your servant, and to the requests of your people Israel, and may you respond whenever they call out to you.

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In The King James Version

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

In Context

51For they are your people—they belong to you! You led them out of Egypt, out of the middle of a furnace used for smelting iron.

53For you set them apart from all the nations of the world as a people who belonged to you, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you led our fathers out of Egypt.”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:40Now my God, please open your eyes, and may your ears pay attention to the prayers offered in this place.

Psalms 145:18The Lord is close to all who ask for his help, to all who ask in sincerity.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:23-54

Solomon's Prayer. ( b. c. 1003.) 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand,… Read the whole commentary →

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