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1 Kings 8:45

in 1 Kings 8

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

BSB

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.

This verse in 1 Kings 8

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The 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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 9:4

    For 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.

  • Through

    Genesis 18:25

    Far 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!”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

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