1 Kings 8:49

then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead for your help, and assist them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

In Context

48if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen to be the place where we should worship you, and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you, and if they pray,

50Forgive them for all the sins that they have committed against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:19So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria, in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.”

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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