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33 “The time will come when[a] your people Israel are defeated by an enemy[b] because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,[c] and pray for your help[d] in this temple, 34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
  2. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
  3. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
  4. 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(A) by an enemy because they have sinned(B) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(C) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

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