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1 Kings 8:35-50

“When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is; whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house, then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men); that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house; hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name; then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’ if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause; and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

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“When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is; whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house, then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men); that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house; hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name; then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’ if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause; and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron furnace); that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you. For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them,

    then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

    “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;

    whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,

    then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

    that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    “Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake

    (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house;

    hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

    “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;

    then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

    yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’

    if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

    then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;

    and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

  • KJV King James Version

    When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

    Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

    If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

    What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

    Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

    That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

    Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

    (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

    Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

    If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

    Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

    Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

    And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

    Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

    And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when they do sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

    then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

    If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

    what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man of all Thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house;

    then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest — for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men —

    that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers.

    Moreover concerning the stranger that is not of Thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for Thy name's sake—

    for they shall hear of Thy great name, and of Thy mighty hand, and of Thine outstretched arm — when he shall come and pray toward this house;

    hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, and that they may know that Thy name is called upon this house which I have built.

    If Thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto the LORD toward the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;

    then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    If they sin against Thee — for there is no man that sinneth not — and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;

    yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly;

    if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto Thee toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;

    then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

    and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against Thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them;

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  • Is anyone without sin? 1 Kings 8:46, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Proverbs 20:9, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Romans 3:23, and 1 John 1:8-10 all declare that no human is without sin.

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  • Revelation 2:23 (v39) I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each…
  • Revelation 11:6 (v35) These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn…
  • Revelation 22:12 (v39) “Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
  • 1 Kings 8:29-30 (vv35, 48) that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to…
  • Genesis 22:12 (v40) He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son,…
  • Exodus 3:13-16 (v42) Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they…
  • Exodus 3:19 (v42) I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
  • Exodus 9:15 (v42) For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
  • Exodus 13:14 (v42) It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50 So that there be a drought to destroy the…

So that there be a drought to destroy the fruit of the land.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv35–50 1Ki 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 Heaven; the lower heaven, in which the clouds are;…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv35–50 When heaven is shut up,.... As it may be…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 48, 49 Heaven - The lower heaven in which the clouds…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv35, 37, 41, 44, 46, 50 Verse 35. When the heaven is shut up, and…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 50 1Ki 8:35. When heaven is shut up — The…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50 Teach them ... - Rather, “when thou art teaching…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 47 Mildew. Hebrew also, "a bruchus," or a young locust.…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv37, 38, 41, 43, 44, 46 37. Blasting — Destruction of grain by a pernicious…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 49, 50 35. When heaven is shut up] The king next…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv35, 37, 41, 44, 50 (35, 36) When heaven is shut up.—Next, Solomon dwells…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv35–50 When heaven is shut up, and there is no…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v40 (See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv35, 37, 39, 41, 44, 46, 48, 49 the skies are shut up and there is no…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv35, 37, 41, 44, 46 8:35-36 Solomon prayed about drought brought on by the…
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