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列王記上 8:44

44 あなたの民が敵と戦うために、あなたがつかわされる道を通って出て行くとき、もし彼らがあなたの選ばれた町、わたしがあなたの名のために建てた宮の方に向かって、主に祈るならば、

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;   Prayer;   Secret Prayer;   Solomon;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Choosing/chosen;   Jerusalem;   Name;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Sin;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Choose;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - East;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

go out to battle: Deuteronomy 20:1-4, Deuteronomy 31:3-6, Joshua 1:2-5, 2 Chronicles 6:34

whithersoever: Numbers 31:1-12, Joshua 6:2-5, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:2, Judges 1:1, Judges 1:2, Judges 4:6, Judges 6:14, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:18, 1 Samuel 30:8, 2 Samuel 5:19, 2 Samuel 5:23

shall pray: 2 Chronicles 14:9-12, 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 20:6-13, 2 Chronicles 32:20

toward the city: Heb. the way of the city, 1 Kings 8:16, Psalms 78:67-69, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Daniel 9:17-19

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:32 - he worshipped 1 Kings 8:48 - the city 1 Kings 12:27 - go up 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 1 Chronicles 5:20 - for they cried 2 Chronicles 7:16 - have I chosen 2 Chronicles 33:7 - which I have Psalms 20:2 - from Daniel 6:10 - his windows

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,.... In a foreign country, threatening to invade them, or having trespassed on their borders, or some way or other infringed on their liberties and privileges, and so given them just occasion to go to war with them:

whithersoever thou shalt send them; this case supposes their asking counsel of God, or having a direction and commission from him by a prophet, or some other way, to engage in war with the enemy:

and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house I have built for thy name: for, notwithstanding the justness of their cause, and having a warrant from God to go to war, yet they were to pray to him for success when at a distance, even in a foreign land, and about to engage the enemy; and this they were to do, turning their faces towards the city of Jerusalem, and the temple there; declaring thereby that their dependence was upon the Lord that dwelt there, and their expectation of victory was only from him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 44. If thy people go out to battle — The SIXTH case refers to wars undertaken by Divine appointment: whithersoever thou shalt send them; for in no other wars could they expect the blessing and concurrence of the Lord; in none other could the God of truth and justice maintain their cause. There were such wars under the Mosaic dispensation, there are none such under the Christian dispensation: nor can there be any; for the Son of man is come, not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Except mere defensive war, all others are diabolic; and, query, if there were no provocations, would there be any attacks, and consequently any need of defensive wars?


 
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