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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 8:22-53
Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon's prayer, in which he makes a more particular declaration of the uses of that surrender, with all humility and reverence, desiring that God would agree thereto. In short, it is his request that this temple may be deemed and taken, not only for a house of sacrifice (no mention is made of that in all this prayer, that was taken for granted), but a... read more