1 Kings 8:49 meaning and explanation
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
1 Kings 8:49, Berean Standard Bible
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Solomon is praying at the dedication of the temple, and in this section he looks ahead to a future he knows is possible: the people will sin, be defeated, and carried off into exile. Verse 49 asks God to hear from heaven, his true dwelling place, the prayer of Israelites who repent in a foreign land and pray toward Jerusalem.
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