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1 Kings 8:41

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And 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

3 notes on this verse
Moreover, 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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 10:1–2Now 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.4 worksIsaiah 56:3–7Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”3 worksActs 8:27–40So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,3 worksExodus 18:8–12Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.3 worksMatthew 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 greater than Solomon is here.2 worksMatthew 8:5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 17:18Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”2 worksMatthew 15:22–28And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”2 worksRuth 2:11Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.2 worksRuth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.2 works2 Chronicles 6:32And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,2 works2 Kings 5:1–7Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.2 worksJohn 12:20Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.2 works2 Kings 5:16–17But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.2 worksActs 10:1–4At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.2 worksMatthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,2 worksIsaiah 60:1–10Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.2 worksMatthew 8:10–11When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.2 works

The walk

5 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

    Matthew 12:42

    The 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.

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.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 8 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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