1 Kings 8:41

41 And don't forget the foreigner who is not a member of your people Israel but has come from a far country because of your reputation.

1 Kings 8:41 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:41

Moreover, concerning a stranger that is not of thy people
Israel
One of another country, not belonging to any of the tribes of Israel, yet having some knowledge of, and disposition to, the true worship of God:

but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
as the Ethiopian eunuch did, to pray to him, worship him, and offer such sacrifices as were allowed a Gentile to do, ( Leviticus 22:18 ) led thereunto by the fame of him, as follows.

1 Kings 8:41 In-Context

39 Listen from your home in heaven.
40 so that they'll live before you in lifelong reverent and believing obedience on this land you gave our ancestors.
41 And don't forget the foreigner who is not a member of your people Israel but has come from a far country because of your reputation.
42 People are going to be attracted here by your great reputation, your wonder-working power, who come to pray at this Temple.
43 Listen from your home in heaven. Honor the prayers of the foreigner so that people all over the world will know who you are and what you're like and will live in reverent obedience before you, just as your own people Israel do; so they'll know that you personally make this Temple that I've built what it is.
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