King James Version
1 Kings 8:49 in the King James Version says “Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, cause: or, ri...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, cause: or, right”
1 Kings 8:49 · KJV
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent , and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; bethink: Heb. bring back to their heart
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, cause: or, right
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“in heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“place”
H4349properly, a fixture, i.e., a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode
“thy dwelling”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their cause”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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