8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 3 and they direct their prayers to the Lord 4 toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 5
1 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
2 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”
3 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
4 tn Or perhaps “to you, O
5 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.