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1 Kings 8:52

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May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.

KJV

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

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This verse in 1 Kings 8

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

No place now, under the gospel, can be imagined to add any acceptableness to the prayers made in or towards it, as the temple then did. That was a shadow: the substance is Christ; whatever we ask in his name, it shall be given us.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

That thine eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant,.... That is, attentive to it, meaning himself and his present supplication; or any other he should hereafter put up in this place: and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call unto thee: at any time, and upon any account; so far as may be agreeable to his will, make for his glory, and their good; see Deu 4:7.

The words behind it

15 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.

  • לִהְי֨וֹתto be

    lihyotH1961 →3559 times

  • עֵינֶ֤יךָeyes your

    ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times

  • פְתֻחוֹת֙open

    fetuchotH6605 →144 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • תְּחִנַּ֣ת[the] supplication of

    techinatH8467 →25 times

  • עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • תְּחִנַּ֖ת[the] supplication of

    techinatH8467 →25 times

  • עַמְּךָ֣people your

    ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֣עַto listen

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • אֲלֵיהֶ֔םto them

    ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

  • בְּכֹ֖לin all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • קָרְאָ֥םcalling they

    kareamH7121 →733 times

  • אֵלֶֽיךָ׃to you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 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.

Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.18 worksPsalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.5 works1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.4 worksPsalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.3 works2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.2 works

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 145:18

    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 29:12–13

      Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

    • Psalms 34:18

      The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

    • Deuteronomy 4:7

      For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

    • John 4:24

      God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

    • Isaiah 58:9

      Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…

  • Through

    Psalms 86:5

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 145:8–9

      The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

    • Joel 2:13

      So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

    • Exodus 34:6

      Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 8 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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