1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ¹  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ²  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ³  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁴  them,

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ⁵  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ⁶  obey ⁷  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being ⁹  in the land where they are held prisoner, ¹⁰  and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

⁵ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

⁶ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

⁷ tn Heb “fear.”

⁸ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

⁹ tn Or “soul.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”

¹¹ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.