1 Kings 8:46-48

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ When they sin against you (for there is no one who doesn’t sin) and you become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to enemy territory, whether distant or nearby, ⁴⁷ if they change their heart in whatever land they are held captive, changing their lives and begging for your mercy,^[a] saying, “We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly!” ⁴⁸ and if they return to you with all their heart and all their being in the enemy territory where they’ve been taken captive, and pray to you, toward their land, which you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen, and toward the temple I have built for your name,