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May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which Thou didst give to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land you gave their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />may You hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />listen from your home in heaven. Forgive them and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />then hear [them] in heaven, forgive the sins of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land that you gave to their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then you hear in the heavens, and have forgiven the sin of Your people Israel, and brought them back to the ground that You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And wilt thou hear in the heavens and forgive to the sin of thy people Israel, and turn them back to the land which thou gavest to their fathers?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then hear thou in heaven, and for- give the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which thou gavest to their fathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to the land, which you gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />then hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to their ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you will hear from Heaven and you will forgive the sins of your Servants and of your people Israel, and you shall return them to the land that you gave to their fathers<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest unto their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/8-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=3184" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Solomon's Prayer of Dedication</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">33</span>When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">then may You</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: tiš·ma‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">from heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/5545.htm" title="5545: wə·sā·laḥ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To forgive, pardon. A primitive root; to forgive.">and forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: lə·ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wa·hă·šê·ḇō·ṯām (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">May You restore them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯa·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">You gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">to their fathers.</a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-3</a></span><br />“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, / and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a></span><br />But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-14</a></span><br />Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. / I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Nehemiah 1:8-9</a></span><br />Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Psalm 85:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity. / You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah / You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm">Matthew 6:14-15</a></span><br />For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-20</a></span><br />I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ / So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-15.htm">James 5:15-16</a></span><br />And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. / Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.</p><p class="hdg">forgive the sin</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-30.htm">1 Kings 8:30</a></b></br> And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1-6</a></b></br> Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and <i>put it</i> also in writing, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-47.htm">Psalm 106:47</a></b></br> Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, <i>and</i> to triumph in thy praise.</p><p class="hdg">which thou gavest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15</a></b></br> For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a></b></br> And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43</a></b></br> And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-21.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-30.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-30.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-25.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/genesis/3-12.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-45.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-40.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-36.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-50.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-50.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-40.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-40.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-36.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-36.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">The feast of the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">Solomon's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">62. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">His sacrifice of peace offerings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the understanding that God is not confined to the earthly temple but resides in heaven, a concept supported by passages like <a href="/isaiah/66.htm">Isaiah 66:1</a>. The phrase also underscores the importance of prayer and the hope that God will respond to the petitions of His people.<p><b>and forgive the sin of Your people Israel</b><br>Forgiveness is a central theme in the Bible, highlighting God's mercy and grace. This request for forgiveness acknowledges the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where sin disrupts fellowship. The need for forgiveness is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/4.htm">Leviticus 4 and 16</a>, and is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who offers forgiveness of sins (<a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>).<p><b>May You restore them to the land</b><br>Restoration to the land is a significant aspect of God's promises to Israel, reflecting the covenant made with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>). The land is not just a physical territory but a symbol of God's blessing and faithfulness. This request for restoration implies a return from exile or punishment, a theme echoed in the prophetic books like <a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Jeremiah 29:14</a>, where God promises to bring His people back to their land.<p><b>You gave to their fathers</b><br>This phrase refers to the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). It underscores the continuity of God's promises across generations and His faithfulness to fulfill them. The land is a tangible sign of God's enduring covenant with Israel, and the reference to "their fathers" connects the present generation to the patriarchs, reinforcing their identity as God's chosen people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who is leading the dedication of the temple and offering this prayer to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of God's chosen people, who are the subject of Solomon's prayer for forgiveness and restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The newly built temple where Solomon is praying, symbolizing God's presence among His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God, from where Solomon asks God to hear and respond to the prayers of His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_given_to_their_fathers.htm">The Land Given to Their Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the Promised Land, which God gave to the ancestors of Israel, symbolizing God's covenant and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Solomon's prayer demonstrates the importance of interceding for others and seeking God's intervention in times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_forgiveness.htm">God's Forgiveness</a></b><br>This verse highlights God's willingness to forgive and restore His people when they repent and turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The reference to the land given to their fathers underscores God's faithfulness to His promises and His covenant with Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The process of repentance is crucial for restoration, both individually and collectively as a community of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Acknowledging that God hears from heaven reminds us of His sovereignty and His active role in the lives of His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_8_4__align_with_assyrian_records.htm">Isaiah 8:4: Does the swift judgment on Damascus and Samaria align with known Assyrian records or is it purely a biblical claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_promise_restoration_if_judgment_remains.htm">Why does Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8:33-34 promise national restoration to Israel if they repent, when other biblical passages suggest God's judgment can remain despite repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_kings_8_27_contradictory.htm">In 1 Kings 8:27, Solomon acknowledges that God cannot be contained by the temple, yet the chapter emphasizes the temple as God's dwelling; isn't this contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_physically_taken_to_jerusalem.htm">In Ezekiel 8:3-4, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim Ezekiel was physically transported to Jerusalem by a divine hand?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them</span> [<span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the captives of Israel, those carried off by the enemy. There is no thought here of the captivity of the nation - that is referred to in vers. 46-50 - as the prayers to be offered <span class="accented">in</span> the temple prove. This petition is in exact accordance with the promises and threatenings of the law, for the former of which see <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-44</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-5</a>; for the latter, <a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/4-27.htm">Deuteronomy 4:27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a> sqq.] <span class="cmt_word">again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers</span>. The third petition concerns the plague of <span class="accented">drought</span>. Just as rain, in the thirsty and sunburnt East, has ever been accounted one of the best gifts of God (<a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm">Deuteronomy 11:11</a>; <a href="/job/5-10.htm">Job 5:10</a>, and <span class="accented">passim</span>; <a href="/psalms/68-9.htm">Psalm 68:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a>; <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a>), so was drought denounced as one of His severest scourges (<a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Deuteronomy 11:17</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23, 24</a>, etc.) This petition finds an illustration in the public supplications which are still offered in the East, and by men of all creeds, for rain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/8-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">may You</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hear</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמַ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and forgive</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sā·laḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5545.htm">Strong's 5545: </a> </span><span class="str2">To forgive, pardon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sin</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַטַּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְּךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">May You restore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲשֵֽׁבֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·šê·ḇō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You gave</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֖תָּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯa·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to their fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/8-34.htm">1 Kings 8:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/8-34.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 8:34 Then hear you in heaven and forgive (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 8:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 8:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:35" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>