1 Kings 8:36

Then hear thou in heaven [see on 1 Kings 8:32 ], and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel that thou teach them [rather, because thou art teaching them, etc . The thought is, "Forgive, because they have learned the lessen Thy discipline of drought was meant to teach;" because the chastisement has fulfilled its purpose] the good way [ 1 Samuel 12:23 ] wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

The fourth petition refers to the various plagues mentioned in the law ( Leviticus 26:1-46 .; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 .), as the punishment of apostasy or infidelity.