1 Kings 8:34
in 1 Kings 8then 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThen hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,.... It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity: and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers; as had been often their case in the time of the judges.
This 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.
This site's exposition
restore them to the land
John Gill reads the sin here as the nation's public sin, the kind that brings defeat on a whole army. The plea to bring them back to the land implies that some were carried off as prisoners after the loss. Verse 46 widens this to a full exile.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּה֙ | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תִּשְׁמַ֣ע | tishma' | you will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ | vesalachta | and you will forgive | H5545 → | 46 times |
| לְחַטַּ֖את | lechatat | <to> [the] sin of | H2403 → | 295 times |
| עַמְּךָ֣ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַהֲשֵֽׁבֹתָם֙ | vahashevotam | and you will bring back them | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | haadamah | the land | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֖תָּ | natata | you gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס | laavotam | to ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְאַתָּה֙and you
veatahH859 →1094 times
תִּשְׁמַ֣עyou will hear
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔and you will forgive
vesalachtaH5545 →46 times
לְחַטַּ֖את<to> [the] sin of
lechatatH2403 →295 times
עַמְּךָ֣people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַהֲשֵֽׁבֹתָם֙and you will bring back them
vahashevotamH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הthe land
haadamahH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֖תָּyou gave
natataH5414 →2011 times
לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ סto ancestors their
laavotamH1 →1212 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
Jeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:3
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and…
- Jeremiah 23:6
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Ezekiel 34:12–14
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered…
- Jeremiah 23:3
Through
Psalms 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 16:35–36
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
- 1 Chronicles 16:35–36
Through
1 Kings 8:30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:39
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts…
- 1 Kings 8:36
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain…
- 1 Kings 8:39
Through
Jeremiah 31:27“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
it leads to
- Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
- Hosea 2:23
Through
Daniel 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
it leads to
- Daniel 9:18
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our…
- Daniel 9:18
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 (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
