39 then hear(A) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(B) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(C) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(D) you all the time they live in the land(E) you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner(F) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(G) of your great name and your mighty hand(H) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 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(I) your name and fear(J) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(K)

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(L) 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.(M)

46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(N)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(O) 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(P) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(Q) 48 and if they turn back(R) to you with all their heart(S) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(T) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(U) I have built for your Name;(V) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

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39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

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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39 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone (A)know the hearts of all the sons of men), 40 (B)that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

41 “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake 42 (for they will hear of Your great name and Your (C)strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple, 43 hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, (D)that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and (E)fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name, 45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their [a]cause.

46 “When they sin against You (F)(for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive (G)to the land of the enemy, far or near; 47 (H)yet when they [b]come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, (I)saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’; 48 and when they (J)return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and (K)pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name: 49 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their [c]cause,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:45 justice
  2. 1 Kings 8:47 Lit. bring back to their heart
  3. 1 Kings 8:49 justice