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1 Kings 8:48

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 8:48 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them 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:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them 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:
1 Kings 8:48 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
45then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;
47yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
48if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them 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:
49then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
50and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
51(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And so return unto thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul, etc.] 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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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“And return - Sincerely, universally, and steadfastly. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 8:49”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“And so return: Deu 4:29, Deu 6:5, Deu 6:6; Jdg 10:15, Jdg 10:16; Sa1 7:3, Sa1 7:4; Neh 1:9; Psa 119:2, Psa 119:10, Psa 119:145; Pro 23:26; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 3:10, Jer 24:7, Jer 29:12-14; Dan 9:13; Hos 14:1, Hos 14:2; Act 8:37; Rom 10:10 pray unto: Kg1 8:29, Kg1 8:30; Dan 6:10 the city: Kg1 8:44 3 Kings (1 Kings) 8:49”
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