1 Kings 8:30

Translations

Modern

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

Traditional

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

Literal

And may You listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. And may You listen in the place of Your dwelling, in the heavens—and You have listened and have forgiven.

Latin

…ut exaudias deprecationem servi tui et populi tui Israël, quodcumque oraverint in loco isto, et exaudies in loco habitaculi tui in cælo: et cum exaudieris, propitius eris.

Original

Hebrew

English

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

Notes

1 Kings 8:29–51

Solomon asked God to listen to his people's prayers from the temple. He mentioned specific situations where they would need God's help.

1 Kings 8:22–61

Solomon's prayer of dedication for the temple praised God and blessed the people. He highlighted God's faithfulness to His promises and his own part in building the temple. Solomon prayed for God to keep answering their prayers (1 Kings 8:22–30). He then made seven specific requests to God (1 Kings 8:31–53) and ended with a blessing (1 Kings 8:54–61).

1 Kings 8:1–66

Solomon's building efforts peaked when he moved the ark to the new temple. The king prayed (1 Kings 8:22–53) and offered praise and blessings (8:56–61) to dedicate the temple to the Lord. After the dedication, the people celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles. The story highlights Solomon praising God and blessing the people (1 Kings 8:12–61).

1 Kings 6:1–8:66

The construction of the Temple and palace complex, along with the temple's dedication celebration, are key events in the 1 Kings account of Solomon's time. The temple, built to honor God, was Israel's most important building. Therefore, the writer of 1 Kings documented its construction details thoroughly.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon Completion of the Second Temple God’s Faithfulness to His People Promised Land Temple Worship The Church as God’s Temple The Land

Events

Reign of Solomon

Related verses

1 Kings 8:34
…then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
1 Kings 8:36
…then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
1 Kings 8:39
…be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
Daniel 9:19
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
Psalm 130:3–4
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Psalm 123:1
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Psalm 113:5–6
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
2 Chronicles 6:21
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
2 Chronicles 20:8–9
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 6:12–42

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Jashar Forgiveness Kings, Books of First and Second Solomon (Person) Temple

Topics

Dedication: Subjects of Temple of Solomon Heaven: God's Dwelling Place Heaven: God's Dwelling-Place Intercession: Additional Instances of Solomon, for Israel Intercessory Prayer: Solomon Prayer: Importunity In Sin: Forgiveness of the First Temple: Solemnly Dedicated to God by Solomon

1 Kings 8:30

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Events?

Related verses?

Parallels?