"Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, {cause: or, r…" — 1 Kings 8:49

1 Kings 8:49 · KJV

“Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, {cause: or, right}”

— 1 Kings 8:49

Verse 48

And {so} return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

Verse 50

And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

1 Kings 8 — Context

{Yet} if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; {bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart}

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, {cause: or, right}

For they {be} thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Cross References

1 Kings 8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}

2 Kings 19:19

Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou {art} the LORD God, {even} thou only.

Zechariah 1:15-16

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen {that are} at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

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