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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:32

Then hear thou in heaven ,.... When the injured person makes supplication to have justice done him: and do, and judge thy servants ; contending with one another, the one affirming, the other denying condemning the wicked, by bringing his way upon his head : inflicting upon him the punishment imprecated by him in his oath: and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness ; by making it appear that his cause is just. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:33

When thy people Israel shall be smitten down before the enemy ,.... Beaten and routed, many slain, and others carried captive; which had been their case, and might be again, and was, though now a time of peace: because they have sinned against thee ; which always was the reason of their being given up into the hands of their enemies: and shall turn again to thee ; to thy worship, as the Targum, having fallen into idolatry, which was generally the case when they fell before their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:34

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel ,.... It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity: and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers ; as had been often their case in the time of the judges. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:35

When heaven is shut up ,.... As it may be said to be when the air is quite serene, and not a cloud in it: and there is no rain ; in its season, neither the former nor the latter, as it was in the times of Elijah: because they have sinned against thee ; want of rain was threatened in case of sin, and was always the effect of it, Leviticus 26:19 , if they pray towards this place ; in any part of the country where they were; for it sometimes rained on one city, and not on another,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:36

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel ,.... By removing the judgment of drought upon them: that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk ; the way of worship and duty prescribed by the Lord which was good in itself, and good for them, good things being enjoyed by them that walk therein; and this the Lord sometimes teaches by afflictions, as well as by his word; but whenever he does it, it is by his Spirit, and then... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:37

Through want of rain, or any other cause, as there had been a three years' famine in the time of David, and it is supposed it might be again, though Canaan was a land flowing with milk and honey: if there be pestilence ; as there had been, for David's numbering the people: blasting ; or blights, occasioned by the east wind: mildew ; a kind of clammy dew, which falling on plants, corn, &c.; corrupts and destroys them, see Amos 4:9 , locust , or if there be caterpillar ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:38

What prayer and supplication soever ,.... On account of any of the above things, or any other: be made by any man, or by all the people Israel ; by a private man, for such an one might go to the temple and pray by himself; see Luke 18:10 or by the public congregation: which shall know every man the plague of his own heart ; be sensible of his sin as the cause of his distress, and own it, though ever so privately committed, which none knows but God and his own heart; and which may... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:39

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace ,.... Which was more properly so than this Solomon had built, and the Lord had taken possession of: and forgive ; remove the calamity and distress, be it what it may: and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest : that his prayer is cordial and sincere, his confession and repentance genuine, and that he is truly sensible of his sin, and sorry for it, and is pure in his intentions and resolutions, through... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:40

That they may fear thee ,.... For his goodness sake in hearing their prayer, removing their affliction, and bestowing his blessings on them, particularly in forgiving their sins, see Psalm 130:4 . all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers ; not only for the present, while the mercy is fresh, but all the days of their lives; to which they were the more obliged by the good land they possessed as a divine gift, and which they held by the tenure of their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:41

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, Leviticus 22:18 led thereunto by the fame of him, as follows. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:41

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