1 Kings 8:41

41 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—

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1 Kings 8:41 in Other Translations

KJV

41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

ESV

41 "Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name's sake

NLT

41 “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands because of your name,

MSG

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.

CSB

41 Even for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name-

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 8:41 In-Context

39 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),

40 so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—

42 for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,

43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

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1. S Genesis 31:15; Isaiah 56:3,6; Isaiah 61:5

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