1 Kings 8:49
47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
50 May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
- KJV
- Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- WEB
- then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
- ASV
- then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- DARBY
- then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;
- BLB
- then may You hear in the heavens, the fixed place of Your dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and may You do their justice
- ÅB
- så vil du i himmelen, der hvor du bor, høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett
- OTB
- da hør i himmelen Din bolig deres bønn og deres bønn, og støtt deres sak,
- B1930
- så vil du i himmelen, der hvor du bor, høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett
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1 Kings 8:45
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
Read in context2 Kings 19:19
And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Read in contextZechariah 1:15–16
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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