1 Kings 8:52

May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call 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 and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

53For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

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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