1 Kings 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,

Le 26:19; De 11:17; De 28:12,23,24; 2Sa 24:13; 1Ki 8:29,30; 1Ki 8:33; 1Ki 17:1; 2Ch 6:24,26; Isa 1:15,16; Isa 9:13; Jer 14:1-7; Eze 14:13; Eze 18:30-32; Ho 14:1; Joe 1:13-20; Joe 2:15-17; Mal 3:10; Lu 4:25; Ro 10:9; Ro 15:9; Re 11:6

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”).