1 Kings 8:27-28

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ¹  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 8:28 But respond favorably to ²  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ³  the desperate prayer ⁴  your servant is presenting to you ⁵  today.

[8:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

[8:28]  ² tn Heb “turn to.”

[8:28]  ³ tn Heb “by listening to.”

[8:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[8:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “praying before you.”