1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when ¹  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ²  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ³  and pray for your help ⁴  in this temple,

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people ⁵  come to their senses ⁶  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ⁷  we have done evil.’

1 Kings 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ⁸  so that he might vindicate ⁹  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ¹⁰  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ¹¹  I will be constantly present there. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

² tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

⁷ tn Or “done wrong.”

⁹ tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

¹³ tn Heb “I have heard.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

¹⁵ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”