1 Kings 8:42

8:42 When they hear about your great reputation ¹  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, ²  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

1 Kings 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ³  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ⁴  of seed.

1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when ⁵  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁶  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁷  and pray for your help ⁸  in this temple,

1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ⁹  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ¹⁰  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ¹¹  and turn away from their sin because you punish ¹²  them,

1 Kings 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ¹³  and they direct their prayers to the Lord ¹⁴  toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ¹⁶  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ¹⁷  obey ¹⁸  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ¹⁹ 

[8:42]  ¹ tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.

[8:42]  ² tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

[18:32]  ³ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

[18:32]  ⁴ tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

[8:33]  ⁵ 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.

[8:33]  ⁶ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[8:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[8:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:35]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

[8:44]  ⁹ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[8:44]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

[8:44]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[8:43]  ¹² tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ¹³ tn Heb “fear.”

[8:43]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.