1 Kings 8:47

Contextual Overview

²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. ²² Shlomo stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Yisra'el, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; ²² And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: ²² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, ²² Then Solomon stood facing the Lord 's altar, and all the Israelites were standing behind him. He spread out his hands toward the sky ²² Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. ²²Then Solomon stood [in the courtyard] before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. ²² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and he spread out his hands toward heaven. ²² Then Salomon stoode before the altar of the Lorde in the sight of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his handes towarde heauen, ²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Bible Verse Review
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Yet if they: Leviticus 26:40-45, Deuteronomy 4:29-31, Deuteronomy 30:1, Deuteronomy 30:2, 2 Chronicles 6:37, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Ezekiel 16:61, Ezekiel 16:63, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:7, Luke 15:17

bethink themselves: Heb. bring back to their heart

saying: Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Nehemiah 1:6-11, Nehemiah 9:26-30, Psalms 106:6, Isaiah 64:6-12, Daniel 9:5-11, Zechariah 12:10

done perversely: Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Luke 15:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 13:17 - the people repent 1 Samuel 7:6 - We have sinned 1 Kings 8:66 - blessed Proverbs 28:13 - whoso Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Jeremiah 23:20 - in the Jeremiah 29:13 - ye shall Jeremiah 33:3 - Call Lamentations 1:8 - hath Lamentations 1:20 - for Ezekiel 14:6 - Repent Daniel 9:4 - made Hosea 5:15 - till Joel 2:12 - turn Zechariah 1:3 - Turn Zechariah 10:9 - remember Malachi 3:7 - Return unto me Matthew 3:2 - Repent Acts 8:22 - pray 2 Corinthians 7:10 - repentance 1 John 1:9 - we confess 1 John 3:4 - committeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives,.... Or, "return to their heart" a; remember their sins, the cause of their captivity, and reflect upon them:

and repent of them, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives; though and while they are in such a state:

saying, we have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; which phrases include all their sins, with all the aggravated circumstances of them, and their sense of them, and contrition for them.

a והשיבו אל לבן "et reversi fuerint ad cor suum", Pagninas, Montanus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bethink themselves - literally, as in the margin - i. e. “reflect,” “consider seriously.” Compare Deuteronomy 30:1.

Sinned, done perversely, committed wickedness - The words here used seem to have become the standard form of expressing contrition when the time of the captivity arrived and the Israelites were forcibly removed to Babylon (compare the margin reference). The three expressions are thought to form a climax, rising from negative to positive guilt, and from mere wrongful acts to depravation of the moral character.