1 Kings 8:38

Contextual Overview

²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven ²² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven ²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before 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 spread out his hands toward heaven. ²² Solomon stoode before the aulter of the Lorde in the sight of all the congregation of Israel, and stretched out his handes toward heauen, and sayde: ²² And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah, across from the assembly of Israel, and spread his hands toward the heavens; ²² Then Solomon stood in front of whole assembly of Israel and faced the Lord 's altar. Solomon spread his hands and looked toward heaven ²² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; ²² Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, 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 foorth his handes toward heauen:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prayer: 2 Chronicles 20:5-13, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:15-21, Joel 2:17, Amos 7:1-6

the plague: 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 7:11, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 42:6, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 73:21, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 142:3-5, Proverbs 14:10, Romans 7:24, Philippians 4:6

spread forth: 1 Kings 8:22, Isaiah 1:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:14 - send all Exodus 9:29 - spread Leviticus 13:6 - wash Leviticus 13:12 - cover all Leviticus 13:29 - General 2 Chronicles 6:28 - whatsoever Ezra 9:5 - spread Job 9:15 - I would Psalms 5:7 - I worship Psalms 28:2 - thy holy oracle Isaiah 37:14 - and Hezekiah went Jeremiah 8:4 - turn Lamentations 1:17 - spreadeth Daniel 6:10 - his windows Jonah 2:4 - toward

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What prayer and supplication soever,.... On account of any of the above things, or any other:

be [made] by any man, or by all the people Israel; by a private man, for such an one might go to the temple and pray by himself; see

Luke 18:10 or by the public congregation:

which shall know every man the plague of his own heart; be sensible of his sin as the cause of his distress, and own it, though ever so privately committed, which none knows but God and his own heart; and which may be only an heart sin, not actually committed; as all sin is originally in the heart, and springs from it, that is the source of all wickedness; it may respect the corruption of nature, indwelling sin, which truly deserves this name, and which every good man is led to observe, confess, and bewail, Psalms 51:4. In 2 Chronicles 6:29 it is,

shall know his own sore and his own grief; what particularly affects him, and gives him pain and sorrow, as every man best knows his own affliction and trouble, and so can best represent his own case to the Lord:

and spread forth his hands towards this house; pray with his face towards it, and his hands spread out, a prayer gesture, and what was now used by Solomon, 1 Kings 8:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Know every man the plague of his own heart - i. e. perceive one’s sinfulness, or recognize one’s sufferings as divine chastisements, and sin as their cause.