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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 8:48

如果他們在俘擄他們的仇敵的地方,一心一意回轉歸向你,又向著你賜給他們列祖的地方,向你所揀選的這城,和我為你的名建造的這殿禱告,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Backsliders;   Blessing;   Intercession;   Repentance;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Christ;   Church;   Dedication;   Family;   Importunity;   Penitence-Impenitence;   Prayer;   Returning to God;   Secret Prayer;   Solomon;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Jerusalem;   Name;   Repentance;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Sins, National;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elect, Election;   Forgiveness;   Hear, Hearing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Face;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Heart;   Israel;   Prayer;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Heaven ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Daniel the Prophet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Choose;   Hours of Prayer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adoration, Forms of;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 若 在 掳 到 之 地 尽 心 尽 性 归 服 你 , 又 向 自 己 的 地 , 就 是 你 赐 给 他 们 列 祖 之 地 和 你 所 选 择 的 城 , 并 我 为 你 名 所 建 造 的 殿 祷 告 ,

Contextual Overview

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 23 and said: " Lord , God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep your agreement of love with your servants who truly follow you. 24 You have kept the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You spoke it with your own mouth and finished it with your hands today. 25 Now Lord , God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You said, ‘If your sons are careful to obey me as you have obeyed me, there will always be someone from your family ruling Israel.' 26 Now, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant David, my father. 27 "But, God, can you really live here on the earth? The sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Surely this house which I have built cannot contain you. 28 But please listen to my prayer and my request, because I am your servant. Lord my God, hear this prayer your servant prays to you today. 29 Night and day please watch over this Temple where you have said, ‘I will be worshiped there.' Hear the prayer I pray facing this Temple. 30 Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when we pray facing this place. Hear from your home in heaven, and when you hear, forgive us. 31 "If someone wrongs another person, he will be brought to the altar in this Temple. If he swears an oath that he is not guilty,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And so return: Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:5, Deuteronomy 6:6, Judges 10:15, Judges 10:16, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Samuel 7:4, Nehemiah 1:9, Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:10, Psalms 119:145, Proverbs 23:26, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 29:12-14, Daniel 9:13, Hosea 14:1, Hosea 14:2, Acts 8:37, Romans 10:10

pray unto: 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:30, Daniel 6:10

the city: 1 Kings 8:44

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:1 - thou shalt call 2 Kings 23:25 - that turned 2 Chronicles 7:16 - have I chosen 2 Chronicles 15:12 - seek 2 Chronicles 33:7 - which I have Jeremiah 36:3 - they may Ezekiel 33:12 - as for Hosea 5:15 - till Jonah 2:4 - toward Zechariah 1:3 - Turn Zechariah 10:9 - remember Luke 15:18 - I have Acts 3:19 - that Acts 8:22 - pray

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And so return unto thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul,.... In the most sincere and cordial manner, with great ingenuity and uprightness; the Targum is,

"return unto thy worship;''

relinquishing false worship they had given into, and serve the Lord in the best manner they could:

in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive; and so at a distance from that temple, and the service of it, which


 
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