1 Kings 8:28

But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

In Context

27But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.

29Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:19But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with you this day and do what I am requesting.

Psalms 4:1God, answer me when I pray to you. You are the one who vindicates me; Rescue me from things that distress me. Act mercifully toward me, and listen to me while I pray.

Psalms 5:2You are my King and my God. When I call to you to ask you to help me, listen to me, because you are the one to whom I pray.

Psalms 86:6Lord, listen to my prayer; hear me when I cry out to you to help me.

Psalms 141:2Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you like you accept sacrifices that I offer to you each evening [SIM].

Daniel 9:17O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading for you to do. ◄For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great►, act kindly [IDM] concerning your temple, which was destroyed by the armies of Babylonia.

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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