40 That they may fear thee as long as they live in the land, which thou gavest unto our fathers.

41 Moreover as touching the [a]stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a far country for thy Name’s sake,

42 (When they shall hear of thy great Name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm) and shall come and pray in this house,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:41 He meaneth such as should be turned from their idolatry to serve the true God.

40 so that they will fear(A) you all the time they live in the land(B) you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner(C) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(D) of your great name and your mighty hand(E) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,

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