1 Kings 8:44-49
Holman Christian Standard Bible
44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies,[a]
wherever You send them,
and they pray to Yahweh
in the direction of the city You have chosen(A)
and the temple I have built for Your name,
45 may You hear their prayer and petition in heaven
and uphold their cause.(B)
46 When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin(C)—
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country(D)—
whether distant or nearby—
47 and when they come to their senses[b]
in the land where they were deported
and repent and petition You in their captors’ land:
“We have sinned and done wrong;
we have been wicked,”(E)
48 and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart
in the land of their enemies who took them captive,(F)
and when they pray to You in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
the city You have chosen,(G)
and the temple I have built for Your name,
49 may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place,
their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 8:44 Some Hb mss, some ancient versions, 2Ch 6:34; other Hb mss read enemy
- 1 Kings 8:47 Lit they return to their heart
1 Kings 8:44-49
New International Version
44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(A) 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.(B)
46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(C)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(D) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(E) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(F) 48 and if they turn back(G) to you with all their heart(H) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(I) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(J) I have built for your Name;(K) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
1 Kings 8:44-49
King James Version
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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Psalm 5:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(A)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(B)
Psalm 5:7
New International Version
Psalm 5:7
King James Version
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
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Jonah 2:4
New International Version
Jonah 2:4
King James Version
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
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