1 Reyes 8:33

33 »Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado por el enemigo por haber pecado contra ti, si luego se vuelve a ti para honrar tu nombre, y ora y te suplica en este templo,

1 Reyes 8:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:33

When thy people Israel shall be smitten down before the enemy,
&c.] Beaten and routed, many slain, and others carried captive; which had been their case, and might be again, and was, though now a time of peace:

because they have sinned against thee;
which always was the reason of their being given up into the hands of their enemies:

and shall turn again to thee;
to thy worship, as the Targum, having fallen into idolatry, which was generally the case when they fell before their enemies:

and confess thy name;
own him to be the true God, acknowledge his justice in their punishment, confess their sin, repent of it, and give him glory:

and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house;
not the captives, unless it should be rendered, as it may, "toward this house" {f}; but those that escaped, or their brethren that went not out to battle, who should pray for them here.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 So Pool and Patrick.

1 Reyes 8:33 In-Context

31 »Si alguien peca contra su prójimo y se le exige venir a este templo para jurar ante tu altar,

32 óyelo tú desde el cielo y juzga a tus siervos. Condena al culpable, y haz que reciba su merecido; absuelve al inocente, y vindícalo por su rectitud.

33 »Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado por el enemigo por haber pecado contra ti, si luego se vuelve a ti para honrar tu nombre, y ora y te suplica en este templo,

34 óyelo tú desde el cielo, y perdona su pecado y hazlo regresar a la tierra que les diste a sus antepasados.

35 »Cuando tu pueblo peque contra ti y tú lo aflijas cerrando el cielo para que no llueva, si luego ellos oran en este lugar y honran tu nombre y se arrepienten de su pecado,