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;
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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;
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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:
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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;
Cross-references (20)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Jeremiah 29:12-14 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
- Daniel 6:10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
- 1 Samuel 7:3-4 Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
- Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
- Jonah 2:4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
- Deuteronomy 6:5-6 You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;
- Judges 10:15-16 The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.” They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:29-30 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 listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place. Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
- Psalms 119:2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
- Psalms 119:10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
- Psalms 119:145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
- Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
- Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Jeremiah 3:10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.
- Daniel 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.
- Hosea 14:1-2 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.
- Acts 8:36 As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”
- Romans 10:10 For with the heart, one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As Daniel did, Dan. 6:10.
As Daniel did, Dan. 6:10.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:48 And [so] return unto thee with all…
1Ki 8:48 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:
Ver. 48. And pray unto thee toward their land.] The Turks, in a foolish imitation hereof, pray in their mosques or temples toward Mecca, where their Mohammed lieth entombed, turning their faces southward for the purpose.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain With all their heart, and with all their soul,…
With all their heart, and with all their soul, i.e. sincerely, universally, and stedfastly.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And so return unto thee, with all their heart,…
And so return unto thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul,.... In the most sincere and cordial manner, with great ingenuity and uprightness; the Targum is,
"return unto thy worship;''
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relinquishing false worship they had given into, and serve the Lord in the best manner they could:
in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive; and so at a distance from that temple, and the service of it, which
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And return - Sincerely, universally, and steadfastly.
And return - Sincerely, universally, and steadfastly.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And so return unto thee with all their heart…
And so return unto thee with all their heart almost the words of Deuteronomy 30. ver. 2, as those in ver. 47 are of ver. 1, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, Which led them away captive observe the paronomasia wb is here used in two senses, and pray unto thee toward Heb. the way of their land (see Dan_6:10) which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name. There is apparently a climax here, "land," "city," "house."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 with all their heart and with all their soul
with all their heart and with all their soul
The idiom "with all ... heart" means "completely" and "with all ... soul" means "with all ... being." These two phrases have similar meanings. See how you translated this in 1 Kings 2:4. AT: "with all their being" or "with all their energy" (See: Idiom and Doublet)
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in the land
"while they are living in the land"
toward their land
"toward the land in which they belong." This refers to Israel.
for your name
The word "name" is a metonym for the person, and "for ... name" refers to worshiping the person. See how you translated similar words in 1 Kings 3:2. AT: "in which people will worship you" (See: Metonymy)
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turn
heart
soul
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