1 Kings 8:43
in 1 Kings 8then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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ASV
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
KJV
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee - Solomon prays that the result of Yahweh’s hearing the prayers of pagans addressed toward the temple may be the general conversion of the world to the worship of Him. Compare Psa 96:1-13; Psa 98:1-9. This house ... - literally, as in the margin. In Scripture, when God’s Name is said to be “called upon” persons or things, it seems to be meant that God is really present in them, upholding them and sanctifying them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Calleth for - Agreeable to thy will and word. It is observable, that his prayer for the strangers is more large, and comprehensive, than for the Israelites; that thereby he might both shew his public- spiritedness, and encourage strangers to the worship of the true God. Thus early were the indications of God's favour, toward the sinners of the Gentiles.
Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace,....
Father, thus glorify thy name. d. The case of an army going forth to battle is next recommended by Solomon to the divine favour. It is supposed that the army is encamped at a distance, somewhere a great way off, sent by divine order against the enemy,
The words behind it
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַתָּ֞ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תִּשְׁמַ֤ע | tishma' | you will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| מְכ֣וֹן | mekhon | [the] place | H4349 → | 17 times |
| שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ | shivtekha | dwelling you | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ | veasita | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כְּכֹ֛ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִקְרָ֥א | yikra' | he will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַנָּכְרִ֑י | hanakheri | the foreigner | H5237 → | 45 times |
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| יֵדְעוּן֩ | yedeun | they may know ! | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַמֵּ֨י | ʾamei | [the] peoples of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֜רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמֶ֗ךָ | shemekha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לְיִרְאָ֤ה | leyirah | to fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
| אֹֽתְךָ֙ | ʾotekha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כְּעַמְּךָ֣ | keamekha | like people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְלָדַ֕עַת | veladaat | and to know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שִׁמְךָ֣ | shimkha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| נִקְרָ֔א | nikra' | it has been called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַבַּ֥יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנִֽיתִי׃ | baniti | I have built | H1129 → | 376 times |
אַתָּ֞הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
תִּשְׁמַ֤עyou will hear
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙the heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
מְכ֣וֹן[the] place
mekhonH4349 →17 times
שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָdwelling you
shivtekhaH3427 →1079 times
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָand you will do
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
כְּכֹ֛לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִקְרָ֥אhe will call
yikra'H7121 →733 times
אֵלֶ֖יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
הַנָּכְרִ֑יthe foreigner
hanakheriH5237 →45 times
לְמַ֣עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
יֵדְעוּן֩they may know !
yedeunH3045 →945 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עַמֵּ֨י[the] peoples of
ʾameiH5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֜רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמֶ֗ךָname your
shemekhaH8034 →864 times
לְיִרְאָ֤הto fear
leyirahH3372 →315 times
אֹֽתְךָ֙<obj.> you
ʾotekhaH853 →10935 times
כְּעַמְּךָ֣like people your
keamekhaH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְלָדַ֕עַתand to know
veladaatH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שִׁמְךָ֣name your
shimkhaH8034 →864 times
נִקְרָ֔אit has been called
nikra'H7121 →733 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַבַּ֥יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנִֽיתִי׃I have built
banitiH1129 →376 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 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
it leads to
- Psalms 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Revelation 7:9–12
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Psalms 2:8
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Isaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light…
- Psalms 86:9
Through
1 Samuel 17:46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air…
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:10
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 52:10
Through
Psalms 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
it leads to
- Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Isaiah 66:23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Revelation 15:4
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.