Lièwángjìshang 8:48

48 Tāmen ruò zaì lǔ dào zhī dì jìnxīn jìn xìng guī fú nǐ , yòu xiàng zìjǐ de dì , jiù shì nǐ cìgĕi tāmen lièzǔ zhī dì hé nǐ suǒ xuǎnzé de chéng , bìng wǒ wèi nǐ míng suǒ jiànzào de diàn dǎogào ,

Lièwángjìshang 8:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:48

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

Lièwángjìshang 8:48 In-Context

46 Nǐde mín ruò dé zuì nǐ ( shìshang méiyǒu bù fàn zuì de rén ) , nǐ xiàng tāmen fānù , jiāng tāmen jiāo gĕi chóudí lǔ dào chóudí zhī dì , huò yuǎn huò jìn ,

47 tāmen ruò zaì lǔ dào zhī dì xiǎngqǐ zuì lái , huí xīn zhuǎn yì , kĕnqiú nǐ shuō , wǒmen yǒu zuì le , wǒmen beìnì le , wǒmen zuò è le .

48 Tāmen ruò zaì lǔ dào zhī dì jìnxīn jìn xìng guī fú nǐ , yòu xiàng zìjǐ de dì , jiù shì nǐ cìgĕi tāmen lièzǔ zhī dì hé nǐ suǒ xuǎnzé de chéng , bìng wǒ wèi nǐ míng suǒ jiànzào de diàn dǎogào ,

49 Qiú nǐ zaì tiān shàng nǐde jū suǒ chuí tīng tāmende dǎogào qíqiú , wèi tāmen shēnyuān .

50 Raóshù dé zuì nǐde mín , shèmiǎn tāmende yīqiè guō fàn , shǐ tāmen zaì lǔ tāmende rén miànqián méng liánxù .