42 (When they shall hear of thy great Name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm) and shall come and pray in this house,

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for unto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know that thy [a]Name is called upon in this house which I have built.

44 ¶ When thy people shall go out to battle against their enemy by the way that thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord (A)toward the way of the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy Name,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:43 That this is the true religion wherewith thou wilt be worshipped.

42 for they will hear(A) of your great name and your mighty hand(B) 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(C) your name and fear(D) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(E)

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(F) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,

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