Verse 48
1 Kings 8:48
Free Bible Version
48
For they are your people—they belong to you! You led them out of Egypt, out of the middle of a furnace used for smelting iron.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ בְּ/כָל לְבָבָ/ם֙ וּ/בְ/כָל נַפְשָׁ֔/ם בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ אֹיְבֵי/הֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑/ם וְ/הִֽתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָ/ם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַ/אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם הָ/עִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְ/הַ/בַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר בנית בָּנִ֥יתִי לִ/שְׁמֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And they will return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, where they were taken captive, and they will pray to you in the direction of their land which you gave to their fathers, the city which you chose, and the house that I built for your name.
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When the priests left the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Temple of the Lord.
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Due to the cloud, the priests could not stay there to carry out their service, for the glory of the...
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Then Solomon said: “Lord, you said that you would live in the thick cloud.
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Now I have built for you a majestic Temple, a place where you may live for ever.”
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saying, “Praise the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who by his own power has fulfilled the promise...
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Please hear the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God (Elohim). Please hear the appeal...
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and may you hear the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this place...
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listen from heaven—act and judge your servants. Pay back the guilty; vindicate and reward those who...
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you...
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the good...
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