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43 listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order (A)that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name to [a]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against [b]their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and (B)they pray to Yahweh [c]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, 45 then listen in heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.

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  1. 1 Kings 8:43 Or reverence
  2. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit his
  3. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit in the way of

43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(A) your name and fear(B) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(C)

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(D) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(E)

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