Discovery Box1 Kings 8:34 
Context8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
1 Kings 8:40
Context8:40 Then they will obey 1 you throughout their lifetimes as 2 they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.
1 Kings 8:48
Context8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being 3 in the land where they are held prisoner, 4 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, 5
1 Kings 8:53
Context8:53 After all, 6 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 7 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
1 Kings 8:57-58
Context8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. 8:58 May he make us submissive, 8 so we can follow all his instructions 9 and obey 10 the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.
1 tn Heb “fear.”
2 tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”
3 tn Or “soul.”
4 tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
5 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
6 tn Or “For.”
7 tn Heb “your inheritance.”
8 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the
9 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
10 tn Heb “keep.”
