1 Kings 8:33

Translations

Modern

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

Traditional

When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

Literal

When Your people Israel are defeated before the face of an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn back to You and confess Your name, and they pray and make supplication to You in this house,

Latin

Si fugerit populus tuus Israël inimicos suos (quia peccaturus est tibi), et agentes pœnitentiam, et confitentes nomini tuo, venerint, et oraverint, et deprecati te fuerint in domo hac:

Original

Hebrew

English

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

Notes

1 Kings 8:33–34

Solomon asked about future times when the people of Israel sinned and God let their enemies defeat them (see Leviticus 26:14–17; Deuteronomy 28:15, 25–26, 45, 49; Joshua 7). He asked that if the people truly repented, God would honor his promise and forgive them (Leviticus 26:39–42).

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

Leviticus 26:17
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
Deuteronomy 28:25
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Leviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:39–42
Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
Deuteronomy 28:48
…you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Jonah 3:10
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
2 Chronicles 6:24–25
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
Daniel 9:3–19
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Joshua 7:11–12
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
2 Kings 18:11–12
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Judges 6:1–2
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Nehemiah 9:1–5
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

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

Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits of Afflictions and Adversities: Design of Backsliders: Promises To Dedication: Subjects of Temple of Solomon Intercession: Additional Instances of Solomon, for Israel Intercessory Prayer: Solomon Prayer: Accompanied With: Repentance Repentance: should be Accompanied by Prayer Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sin: Forgiveness of the First Temple: Solemnly Dedicated to God by Solomon

1 Kings 8:33

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