1 Kings 8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

In Context

44If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray to the LORD towards the city which thou hast chosen, and towards the house that I have built for thy name:

46If they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;

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Cross References

Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.

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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