1 Kings 8:33
in 1 Kings 8When 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,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:
KJV
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy
on 1 Kings 8:33-34
Here defeat before an enemy is covenant discipline, and the cause is named first, “because they have sinned against You”. The petition asks that God “forgive the sin of Your people Israel”. Adam Clarke counts it the second of seven cases, each a trouble the nation had not yet suffered.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Confess - Give glory to thy name, by acknowledging their sins, and by justice; and by accepting the punishment of their iniquity; and by trusting to thy power and goodness alone, for their deliverance.
When thy people Israel shall be smitten down before the enemy,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
When thy people Israel be smitten down, etc. - The Second case. When their enemies make inroads upon them, and defeat them in battle, and lead them into captivity, because God, being displeased with their transgressions, has delivered them up; then if they shall turn again, confess the name of God, which they had in effect denied, by either neglecting his worship, or becoming idolatrous; and pray and make supplication; then, says Solomon, hear thou in heaven - and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ף | behinagef | when are defeated | H5062 → | |
| עַמְּךָ֧ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אוֹיֵ֖ב | ʾoyev | an enemy | H341 → | 282 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֶחֶטְאוּ־ | yechetu- | they will sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| וְשָׁ֤בוּ | veshavu | and they will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְהוֹד֣וּ | vehodu | and they will praise | H3034 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמֶ֔ךָ | shemekha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ | vehitpalu | and they will pray | H6419 → | 84 times |
| וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ | vehitchanenu | and they will seek favor | H2603 → | 78 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּבַּ֥יִת | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ףwhen are defeated
behinagefH5062 →
עַמְּךָ֧people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אוֹיֵ֖בan enemy
ʾoyevH341 →282 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֶחֶטְאוּ־they will sin
yechetu-H2398 →238 times
לָ֑ךְto you
lakh
וְשָׁ֤בוּand they will turn back
veshavuH7725 →1056 times
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙to you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
וְהוֹד֣וּand they will praise
vehoduH3034 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמֶ֔ךָname your
shemekhaH8034 →864 times
וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֧וּand they will pray
vehitpaluH6419 →84 times
וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּand they will seek favor
vehitchanenuH2603 →78 times
אֵלֶ֖יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
בַּבַּ֥יִתin the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:8
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- 1 Kings 21:27–29
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- Exodus 32:14
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
- Amos 7:6
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
- Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Jeremiah 18:8
Through
Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
it leads to
- Leviticus 17:10
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:10
Through
Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…
it leads to
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Ezekiel 23:46
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
- Isaiah 30:17
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.