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1 Kings 8:22-61
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Solomon Prays for Israel

22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.[a] 23 He prayed:[b] “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty[c] to your servants who obey you with sincerity.[d] 24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David;[e] this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.[f] 25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,[g] provided that your descendants watch their step[h] and serve me as you have done.’[i] 26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made[j] to your servant, my father David, be realized.[k]

27 “God does not really live on the earth![l] Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 28 But respond favorably to[m] your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer[n] the desperate prayer[o] your servant is presenting to you[p] today. 29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live.[q] May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.[r] 30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place.[s] Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place[t] and respond favorably.[u]

31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.[v] 32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.[w]

33 “The time will come when[x] your people Israel are defeated by an enemy[y] because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,[z] and pray for your help[aa] in this temple, 34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 “The time will come when[ab] the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people[ac] sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,[ad] and turn away from their sin because you punish[ae] them, 36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly[af] you will then teach them the right way to live[ag] and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.[ah]

37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust[ai] invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land,[aj] or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. 38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help,[ak] as they acknowledge their pain[al] and spread out their hands toward this temple, 39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,[am] and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.[an] (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)[ao] 40 Then they will obey[ap] you throughout their lifetimes as[aq] they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.[ar] 42 When they hear about your great reputation[as] and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds,[at] they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. 43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.[au] Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,[av] obey[aw] you as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.[ax]

44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies,[ay] and they direct their prayers to the Lord[az] toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,[ba] 45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help[bb] and vindicate them.[bc]

46 “The time will come when your people[bd] will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land,[be] whether far away or close by. 47 When your people[bf] come to their senses[bg] in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray;[bh] we have done evil.’ 48 When they return to you with all their heart and being[bi] in the land[bj] where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,[bk] 49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help[bl] and vindicate them.[bm] 50 Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.[bn] 51 After all,[bo] they are your people and your special possession[bp] whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.[bq]

52 “May you be attentive[br] to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.[bs] 53 After all,[bt] you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession,[bu] just as you, O Sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.[bv] 55 When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: 56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure[bw] just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled![bx] 57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. 58 May he make us submissive,[by] so we can follow all his instructions[bz] and obey[ca] the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. 59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him,[cb] so that he might vindicate[cc] his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. 60 Then[cd] all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.[ce] 61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God[cf] by following[cg] his rules and obeying[ch] his commandments, as you are now doing.”[ci]

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  1. 1 Kings 8:22 tn Or “heaven.”
  2. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “said.”
  3. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
  4. 1 Kings 8:23 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
  5. 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”
  6. 1 Kings 8:24 tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”
  7. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
  8. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “watch their way.” The Hebrew and English colloquialisms are similar. The related ideas “way” and “steps” represent behavior in a broad sense in each language.
  9. 1 Kings 8:25 tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”
  10. 1 Kings 8:26 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
  11. 1 Kings 8:26 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
  12. 1 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.
  13. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “turn to.”
  14. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “by listening to.”
  15. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
  16. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “praying before you.”
  17. 1 Kings 8:29 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
  18. 1 Kings 8:29 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”
  19. 1 Kings 8:30 tn Heb “listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”
  20. 1 Kings 8:30 tn Heb “and you, hear inside your dwelling place, inside heaven.” The precise nuance of the preposition אֶל (ʾel), used here with the verb “hear,” is unclear. One expects the preposition “from,” which appears in the parallel text in 2 Chr 6:21. The nuance “inside; among” is attested for אֶל (see Gen 23:19; 1 Sam 10:22; Jer 4:3), but in each case a verb of motion is employed with the preposition, unlike 1 Kgs 8:30. The translation above (“from inside”) is based on the demands of the immediate context rather than attested usage elsewhere.
  21. 1 Kings 8:30 tn Heb “hear and forgive.”
  22. 1 Kings 8:31 tn Heb “and forgive the man who sins against his neighbor when one takes up against him a curse to curse him and the curse comes before your altar in this house.” In the Hebrew text the words “and forgive” conclude v. 30, but the accusative sign at the beginning of v. 31 suggests the verb actually goes with what follows in v. 31. The parallel text in 2 Chr 6:22 begins with “and if,” rather than the accusative sign. In this case “forgive” must be taken with what precedes, and v. 31 must be taken as the protasis (“if” clause) of a conditional sentence, with v. 32 being the apodosis (“then” clause) that completes the sentence.sn Be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. At first it appears that Solomon is asking God to forgive the guilty party. But in v. 32 Solomon asks the Lord to discern who is guilty and innocent, so v. 31 must refer to a situation where an accusation has been made, but not yet proven. The very periphrastic translation reflects this interpretation.
  23. 1 Kings 8:32 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”
  24. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
  25. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
  26. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
  27. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
  28. 1 Kings 8:35 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
  29. 1 Kings 8:35 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  30. 1 Kings 8:35 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
  31. 1 Kings 8:35 tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (ʿanah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (teʿannem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (ʿanah, “to afflict”).
  32. 1 Kings 8:36 tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.
  33. 1 Kings 8:36 tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”
  34. 1 Kings 8:36 tn Or “for an inheritance.”
  35. 1 Kings 8:37 tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.
  36. 1 Kings 8:37 tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”
  37. 1 Kings 8:38 tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”
  38. 1 Kings 8:38 tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”
  39. 1 Kings 8:39 tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.
  40. 1 Kings 8:39 tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.
  41. 1 Kings 8:39 tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”
  42. 1 Kings 8:40 tn Heb “fear.”
  43. 1 Kings 8:40 tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”
  44. 1 Kings 8:41 tn Heb “your name.” In the OT the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
  45. 1 Kings 8:42 tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.
  46. 1 Kings 8:42 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
  47. 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
  48. 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
  49. 1 Kings 8:43 tn Heb “fear.”
  50. 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.
  51. 1 Kings 8:44 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
  52. 1 Kings 8:44 tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.
  53. 1 Kings 8:44 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
  54. 1 Kings 8:45 tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”
  55. 1 Kings 8:45 tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”
  56. 1 Kings 8:46 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  57. 1 Kings 8:46 tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”
  58. 1 Kings 8:47 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  59. 1 Kings 8:47 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
  60. 1 Kings 8:47 tn Or “done wrong.”
  61. 1 Kings 8:48 tn Or “soul.”
  62. 1 Kings 8:48 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
  63. 1 Kings 8:48 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
  64. 1 Kings 8:49 tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”
  65. 1 Kings 8:49 tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”
  66. 1 Kings 8:50 tn Heb “and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their rebellious acts by which they rebelled against you, and grant them mercy before their captors so they will show them mercy.”
  67. 1 Kings 8:51 tn Or “for.”
  68. 1 Kings 8:51 tn Heb “inheritance.”
  69. 1 Kings 8:51 tn The Hebrew term כּוּר (kur, “furnace,” cf. Akkadian kūru) is a metaphor for the intense heat of purification. A כּוּר was not a source of heat but a crucible (“iron-smelting furnace”) in which precious metals were melted down and their impurities burned away (see I. Cornelius, NIDOTTE 2:618-19). Thus Egypt served not as a place of punishment for the Israelites, but as a place of refinement to bring Israel to a place of submission to divine sovereignty.sn From the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. The metaphor of a furnace suggests fire and heat and is an apt image to remind the people of the suffering they endured while slaves in Egypt.
  70. 1 Kings 8:52 tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”
  71. 1 Kings 8:52 tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”
  72. 1 Kings 8:53 tn Or “For.”
  73. 1 Kings 8:53 tn Heb “your inheritance.”
  74. 1 Kings 8:54 tn Or “toward heaven.”
  75. 1 Kings 8:56 tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”
  76. 1 Kings 8:56 tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”
  77. 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.
  78. 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
  79. 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “keep.”
  80. 1 Kings 8:59 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”
  81. 1 Kings 8:59 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
  82. 1 Kings 8:60 tn Heb “so that.”
  83. 1 Kings 8:60 tn Heb “the Lord, he is the God, there is no other.”
  84. 1 Kings 8:61 tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”
  85. 1 Kings 8:61 tn Heb “walking in.”
  86. 1 Kings 8:61 tn Heb “keeping.”
  87. 1 Kings 8:61 tn Heb “as this day.”
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The Prayer of Dedication

22 Then (A)Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and he (B)spread out his hands toward heaven. 23 And he said, “Lord, God of Israel, (C)there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, (D)keeping the covenant and showing faithfulness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, 24 You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You [a]promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. 25 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have [b]promised him, saying, ‘[c](E)You shall not be deprived of a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful about their way, to walk before Me as you have walked.’ 26 Now then, God of Israel, let Your words, please, be confirmed, (F)which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.

27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, (G)heaven and the [d]highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! 28 Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the (H)prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today, 29 (I)so that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward (J)the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your servant will pray toward this place. 30 And (K)listen to the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel, (L)when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and (M)forgive!

31 “(N)If a person sins against his neighbor and is compelled to take an oath of innocence, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, 32 then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, (O)condemning the wicked by [e]bringing his way on his own head, and acquitting the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

33 “(P)When Your people Israel are [f]defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, (Q)if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and implore Your [g]favor in this house, 34 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.

35 “(R)When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them, 36 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel; (S)indeed, teach them the good way in which they are to walk. And (T)provide rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

37 “(U)If there is a famine in the land, if there is a plague, if there is [h]blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy harasses them in the land of their [i]cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 38 whatever prayer or plea [j]is offered by any person or by all Your people Israel, [k]each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his [l]hands toward this house; 39 then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act, and give to each in accordance with all his ways, (V)whose heart You know—for (W)You alone know the hearts of all [m]mankind— 40 so that they will [n]fear You all the days that they live on the [o]land which You have given to our fathers.

41 “Also regarding the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country on account of Your name 42 (for they will hear of Your great name (X)and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, 43 hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and act in accordance with all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order (Y)that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to [p]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that [q]this house which I have built is called by Your name.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against [r]their enemy, by whatever way You send them, and (Z)they pray to the Lord [s]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, 45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.

46 “When they sin against You (for (AA)there is no person who does not sin) and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that [t]they take them away captive (AB)to the land of the enemy, distant or near; 47 (AC)if they [u]take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and implore Your [v]favor in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘(AD)We have sinned and done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; 48 (AE)if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and (AF)pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; 49 then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50 and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their wrongdoings which they have committed against You, and (AG)make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, so that they will have compassion on them 51 ((AH)for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought out of Egypt, (AI)from the midst of the iron furnace), 52 (AJ)so that Your eyes may be open to the pleading of Your servant and to the pleading of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. 53 For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, (AK)just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord [w]God.”

Solomon’s Benediction

54 (AL)When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and plea to the Lord, (AM)he stood up from the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his [x]hands spread toward heaven. 55 And he stood and (AN)blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel (AO)in accordance with everything that He [y]promised; (AP)not one word has [z]failed of all His good [aa]promise, which He [ab]promised through Moses His servant. 57 May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; (AQ)may He not leave us nor forsake us, 58 so that (AR)He may guide our hearts toward Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. 59 And may these words of mine, with which I have implored the [ac]favor of the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, so that He will maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, [ad]as each day requires, 60 so (AS)that all the peoples of the earth may know that (AT)the Lord is God; there is no one else. 61 (AU)Your hearts therefore shall be [ae]wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 Kings 8:24 Lit spoken to
  2. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit spoken to
  3. 1 Kings 8:25 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me
  4. 1 Kings 8:27 Lit heaven of heavens
  5. 1 Kings 8:32 Lit giving
  6. 1 Kings 8:33 Lit struck
  7. 1 Kings 8:33 Or compassion
  8. 1 Kings 8:37 Lit scorching
  9. 1 Kings 8:37 Lit gates
  10. 1 Kings 8:38 Lit takes place
  11. 1 Kings 8:38 Lit who know each
  12. 1 Kings 8:38 Lit palms
  13. 1 Kings 8:39 Lit the sons of mankind
  14. 1 Kings 8:40 Or revere
  15. 1 Kings 8:40 Lit face of the land
  16. 1 Kings 8:43 Or revere
  17. 1 Kings 8:43 Lit Your name is called upon this house which I have built
  18. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit his
  19. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit in the way of
  20. 1 Kings 8:46 Lit their captors take them captive
  21. 1 Kings 8:47 Lit return to their heart
  22. 1 Kings 8:47 Or compassion
  23. 1 Kings 8:53 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  24. 1 Kings 8:54 Lit palms
  25. 1 Kings 8:56 Lit spoke
  26. 1 Kings 8:56 Lit fallen
  27. 1 Kings 8:56 Lit word
  28. 1 Kings 8:56 Lit spoke
  29. 1 Kings 8:59 Or compassion
  30. 1 Kings 8:59 Lit the matter of a day in its day
  31. 1 Kings 8:61 Lit complete with
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