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1 Kings 8:43-45
New English Translation
1 Kings 8:43-45
New English Translation
43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.[a] Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,[b] obey[c] you as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.[d]
44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies,[e] and they direct their prayers to the Lord[f] toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,[g] 45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help[h] and vindicate them.[i]
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- 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
- 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
- 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “fear.”
- 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
- 1 Kings 8:44 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
- 1 Kings 8:44 tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.
- 1 Kings 8:44 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
- 1 Kings 8:45 tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”
- 1 Kings 8:45 tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”
1 Kings 8:43-45
New International Version
1 Kings 8:43-45
New International Version
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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