1 Kings 8:41
in 1 Kings 8And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake
KJV
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseMoreover, concerning a stranger that is not of thy people Israel,.... One of another country, not belonging to any of the tribes of Israel, yet having some knowledge of, and disposition to, the true worship of God: but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; as the Ethiopian eunuch did, to pray to him, worship him, and offer such sacrifices as were allowed a Gentile to do, Lev 22:18 led thereunto by the fame of him, as follows.
This site's exposition
not of thy people Israel
on 1 Kings 8:41-43
The fifth petition turns to the stranger that is not of thy people Israel, a Gentile drawn by report of the Lord's great name rather than by birth, and Solomon asks the same hearing for his prayer that he has just asked for Israel's own. Gill points to the Ethiopian eunuch's later visit to Jerusalem as the pattern this verse anticipates by centuries, a foreigner coming for the name's sake alone. Barnes calls Solomon's plea for the stranger even larger and more open than his plea for Israel, its purpose stated outright at verse 43, that all people of the earth may know thy name.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Nothing is more remarkable in the Mosaic Law than its liberality with regard to strangers, both in general Exo 22:21; Lev 25:35; Deu 10:19 and in religious matters Num 15:14-16; Deu 31:12. It is quite in the spirit of these enactments that Solomon, having first prayed to God on behalf of his fellow-countrymen, should next go on to intercede for the strangers, and to ask for their prayers the same acceptance which he had previously begged for the prayers of faithful Israelites.
Moreover, concerning a stranger - The Fifth case relates to heathens coming from other countries with the design to become proselytes to the true religion; that they might be received, blessed, and protected as the true Israelites, that the name of Jehovah might be known over the face of the earth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַם֙ | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַנָּכְרִ֔י | hanakheri | the foreigner | H5237 → | 45 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מֵעַמְּךָ֥ | meamekha | [is] one of people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| ה֑וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וּבָ֛א | uva' | and he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | meeretz | from a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| רְחוֹקָ֖ה | rechokah | distant | H7350 → | |
| לְמַ֥עַן | lemaan | for [the] sake of | H4616 → | 272 times |
| שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ | shemekha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
וְגַם֙and also
vegamH1571 →769 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַנָּכְרִ֔יthe foreigner
hanakheriH5237 →45 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מֵעַמְּךָ֥[is] one of people your
meamekhaH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
ה֑וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וּבָ֛אand he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom a land
meeretzH776 →2504 times
רְחוֹקָ֖הdistant
rechokahH7350 →
לְמַ֥עַןfor [the] sake of
lemaanH4616 →272 times
שְׁמֶֽךָ׃name your
shemekhaH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 10:1–13
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1–12
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in…
- Hebrews 1:2–4
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- Luke 11:31–32
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,…
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 Kings 10:1–13
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.