36 Then hear thou in heaven, and pardon the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walk) and give rain upon the land that thou hast given thy people to inherit.

37 When there shall be famine in the land, when there shall be pestilence, when there shall be blasting, mildew, grasshopper or caterpillar, when their enemies shall besiege them in the [a]cities of their land, or any plague, or any sickness,

38 Then what prayer, and supplication soever shall be made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when everyone shall know the plague in his own [b]heart, and stretch forth his hands in this house,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:37 Hebrew, in the land of their gates.
  2. 1 Kings 8:38 For such are most meet to receive God’s mercies.

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