1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to¹ your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer² the desperate prayer³ your servant is presenting to you⁴ today.

1 Kings 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when⁵ your people Israel are defeated by an enemy⁶ because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,⁷ and pray for your help⁸ in this temple,

1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered⁹ your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home;¹⁰ I will be constantly present there.¹¹

¹tn Heb “turn to.”

²tn Heb “by listening to.”

³tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

⁴tn Heb “praying before you.”

⁵tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁶tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

⁷tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁸tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

⁹tn Heb “I have heard.”

¹⁰tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

¹¹tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”