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1 Kings 8:26-28
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26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made[a] to your servant, my father David, be realized.[b]

27 “God does not really live on the earth![c] Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 28 But respond favorably to[d] your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer[e] the desperate prayer[f] your servant is presenting to you[g] today.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:26 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
  2. 1 Kings 8:26 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
  3. 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.
  4. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “turn to.”
  5. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “by listening to.”
  6. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
  7. 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “praying before you.”
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