1 Kings 8:28

Yet, O Lord God of Israel, you shall look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which your servant prays to you in your presence this day,

LXX2012 (US English)

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

27+ 8:27 Gr. 'that,' elliptical expression. But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of + 8:27 Gr. heaven. heavens will not suffice you, how much less even this house which I have built to your name?

29that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which you said, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which your servant prays + 8:29 Or, toward. at this place day and night.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:19Yet you shall have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to listen to the petition and the prayer which your servant prays before you this day:

Psalms 4:1When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: you have made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and listen to my prayer. 1

Psalms 5:2Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to you, O Lord, will I pray. 1

Psalms 86:6The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that + 86:6 Gr. have been in her. were born in her. 1

Psalms 141:2I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him my affliction. 1

Daniel 9:17And now, O lord our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and cause your face to shine on your desolate sanctuary, for your own sake, O Lord.

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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