1 Kings 8:34
8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: in: or, towardThen hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
KJV
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers. ¶
What does 1 Kings 8:34 mean?
1 Kings 8:34 is a verse in the book of 1 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), סָלַח (çâlach). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
1 Chronicles 6:8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
1 Chronicles 27:17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
1 Corinthians 12:28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. diversities: or, kinds
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Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Kings 8:34.
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Genesis 14:16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 18:10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man
Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 23:11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis 23:13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 28:15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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What does 1 Kings 8:34 say?
1 Kings 8:34 (King James Version) reads: "Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers."
Is 1 Kings 8:34 in the Old or New Testament?
1 Kings 8:34 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Kings.
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