1 Kings 8:43

Hear thou in heaven thy dwell-lug place, and do according to an that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name [It is interesting to notice this foreshadowing of the inclusion of the Gentiles in the one fold. The same thought is found in some of the Psalms and in Isaiah, as St. Paul witnesses ( Romans 15:9 sqq.) Cf. Psalms 22:27 ; Psalms 72:11 ; Psalms 86:9 ; Psalms 98:3 ; Psalms 102:15 ; Psalms 117:1 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 52:10 ] to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. [Heb. that thy name is called (or, has been called, נִקְרָא . LXX . ἐπικέκληται ) upon this house, i.e; that God has taken this house for His habitation: that He dwells there, works, hears, answers there. Same expression, Jeremiah 7:10 , Jeremiah 7:11 , Jeremiah 7:14 ; Jeremiah 25:29 ; Deuteronomy 28:10 ; Isaiah 4:1 . In Numbers 6:27 we have, "they shall put my name upon the children of Israel." In Deuteronomy 12:5 , and Deuteronomy 16:6 (cf. 1 Kings 11:36 ), we read of the place God has "chosen to put his name there."

So far the royal suppliant has spoken of prayers offered in or at the temple. He now mentions two eases where supplications will be offered by penitents far distant from the holy city or even from the Holy Land. And first, he speaks of the armies of Israel on a campaign.