Discovery Box1 Kings 8:33 
Context8:33 “The time will come when 1 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 2 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 3 and pray for your help 4 in this temple,
1 Kings 8:37
Context8:37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust 5 invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, 6 or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.
1 tn 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.
2 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
3 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
4 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
5 tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.
6 tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”
