1 Kings 8:34

34 hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Isra'el, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:34

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel
It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity:

and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers;
as had been often their case in the time of the judges.

1 Kings 8:34 In-Context

32 then hear in heaven, act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, so that his way of life devolves on his own head, and vindicating the one who is right, giving him what his righteousness deserves.

33 "When your people Isra'el sin against you and in consequence are defeated by an enemy; then if they turn back to you, acknowledge your name, and pray and make their plea to you in this house;

34 hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Isra'el, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 "When they sin against you, and in consequence the sky is shut, so that there is no rain; then, if they pray toward this place, acknowledge your name and turn from their sin when you have brought them low;

36 hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Isra'el - since you keep teaching them the good way by which they should live - and send down rain on your land, which you have given your people as their inheritance.