1 Kings 8:45
in 1 Kings 8then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
KJV
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
1 note on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,.... For success: and maintain their cause; do them justice, and avenge their injuries, as the Targum; let it appear that their cause is right, by giving them victory.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ | veshama'ta | and you will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם | tefilatam | prayer their | H8605 → | 72 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם | techinatam | supplication their | H8467 → | 25 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ | veasita | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃ | mishpatam | justice their | H4941 → | 422 times |
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙and you will hear
veshama'taH8085 →1159 times
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תְּפִלָּתָ֖םprayer their
tefilatamH8605 →72 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
תְּחִנָּתָ֑םsupplication their
techinatamH8467 →25 times
וְעָשִׂ֖יתָand you will do
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃justice their
mishpatamH4941 →422 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
Psalms 9:4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
it leads to
- Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- 1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
- Psalms 98:9
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- Psalms 140:12
Through
Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…
it leads to
- Job 8:20
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
- Job 8:3
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Isaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Psalms 58:11
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
- Job 8:20
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About 1 Kings

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
