열왕기상 8:30-49 KRV

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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:42

(For they shall hear of thy great name ,.... Of his great name, Jehovah; of him as the eternal, immutable, and self-existent Being; of the perfections of his nature, as displayed in his mighty works: and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm) ; which had done formerly such mighty works in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, in the land of Canaan, in the times of David, and still under the reign of Solomon, and even in future ages, besides the works of creation and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:43

Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace ,.... The prayer of the stranger: and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for ; which were consistent with the will of God and his glory, and for the good of the stranger; this is more absolutely and unconditionally expressed than the requests for the Israelites; it is not desired that he would do by them according to their ways, and if they turned from their sins, or knew the plague of their hearts; the reason of which is supposed... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:44

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy ,.... In a foreign country, threatening to invade them, or having trespassed on their borders, or some way or other infringed on their liberties and privileges, and so given them just occasion to go to war with them: whithersoever thou shalt send them ; this case supposes their asking counsel of God, or having a direction and commission from him by a prophet, or some other way, to engage in war with the enemy: and shall pray unto the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication ,.... For success: and maintain their cause ; do them justice, and avenge their injuries, as the Targum; let it appear that their cause is right, by giving them victory. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:46

If they sin against thee ,.... The same persons when they were gone forth to battle, not observing the divine commands as they should: for there is no man that sinneth not ; such are the depravity of human nature, the treachery of the heart, and the temptations of Satan, of which Solomon had early notice, and was afterwards still more confirmed in the truth of, Ecclesiastes 7:20 . and thou be angry with them ; for their sins, and resent their conduct: so as to deliver them to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:47

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives ,.... Or, "return to their heart" F1 והשיבו אל לבן "et reversi fuerint ad cor suum", Pagninas, Montanus, Vatablus. ; remember their sins, the cause of their captivity, and reflect upon them: and repent of them, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives ; though and while they are in such a state: saying, we have sinned, and have done perversely, we have... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:48

And so return unto thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul ,.... In the most sincere and cordial manner, with great ingenuity and uprightness; the Targum is, "return unto thy worship;' relinquishing false worship they had given into, and serve the Lord in the best manner they could: in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive ; and so at a distance from that temple, and the service of it, which read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:48

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