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 8:47
Context8:47 When your people 5 come to their senses 6 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 7 we have done evil.’
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 Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
7 tn Or “done wrong.”
