43 hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order (A)that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to [a]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that [b]this house which I have built is called by Your name.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against [c]their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and (B)they pray to the Lord [d]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 supplication, and maintain their [e]cause.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:43 Or reverence
  2. 1 Kings 8:43 Lit Your name is called upon this house which I have built
  3. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit his
  4. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit in the way of
  5. 1 Kings 8:45 Lit right or justice

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(A) your name and fear(B) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(C)

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

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