1 Kings 8:50
in 1 Kings 8May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
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ASV
and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
KJV
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd give them compassion before them who carried them captive - He does not pray that they may be delivered out of that captivity, but that their enemies may use them well; and that they may, as formerly, be kept a separate and distinct people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He made them to be pitied of those that carried them captive, which, if it did not release them, yet eased their captivity. ( f. ) He pleads their relation to God, and his interest in them: "They are thy people, whom thou hast taken into thy covenant and under thy care and conduct, thy inheritance, from which, more than from any other nation, thy rent and tribute of glory issue and arise (
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And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compassion ... - Not merely such compassion as Evil-Merodach showed toward Jehoiachin 2Ki 25:27-30; Jer 52:31-34, but such as Cyrus and Artaxerxes showed in allowing the captive Jews to return to their own land Ezr 1:3; Neh 2:6.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסָלַחְתָּ֤ | vesalachta | and you will forgive | H5545 → | 46 times |
| לְעַמְּךָ֙ | leamekha | <to> people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָֽטְאוּ־ | chateu- | they have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and <to> all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם | pisheihem | transgressions their | H6588 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּשְׁעוּ־ | pasheu- | they transgressed | H6586 → | |
| בָ֑ךְ | vakh | against you | ||
| וּנְתַתָּ֧ם | unetatam | and you will make them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְרַחֲמִ֛ים | lerachamim | into [objects of] compassion | H7356 → | |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| שֹׁבֵיהֶ֖ם | shoeihem | captors their | H7617 → | 47 times |
| וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃ | verichamum | and they will have compassion on them | H7355 → |
וְסָלַחְתָּ֤and you will forgive
vesalachtaH5545 →46 times
לְעַמְּךָ֙<to> people your
leamekhaH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָֽטְאוּ־they have sinned
chateu-H2398 →238 times
לָ֔ךְto you
lakh
וּלְכָל־and <to> all
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖םtransgressions their
pisheihemH6588 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
פָּשְׁעוּ־they transgressed
pasheu-H6586 →
בָ֑ךְagainst you
vakh
וּנְתַתָּ֧םand you will make them
unetatamH5414 →2011 times
לְרַחֲמִ֛יםinto [objects of] compassion
lerachamimH7356 →
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
שֹׁבֵיהֶ֖םcaptors their
shoeihemH7617 →47 times
וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃and they will have compassion on them
verichamumH7355 →
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
Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…
it leads to
- Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God…
- Ezra 7:28
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the…
- Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…
- Ezra 8:22
Through
2 Chronicles 30:9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and…
it leads to
- Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
- Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Isaiah 55:7
Through
Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- Genesis 48:16
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow…
- 2 Timothy 4:18
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.