Melachim Alef 8:41

41 Moreover concerning a nokhri (foreigner), that is not of Thy people Yisroel, but cometh out of a far country for Thy Name’s sake;

Melachim Alef 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.

Melachim Alef 8:41 In-Context

39 Then hear Thou in Shomayim the Makom of Thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and give to every ish according to his derech, whose lev Thou knowest; (for Thou, even Thou only, knowest levav kol Bnei HaAdam);

40 That they may fear Thee all hayamim that they are chayyim in the adamah which Thou gavest unto Avoteinu.

41 Moreover concerning a nokhri (foreigner), that is not of Thy people Yisroel, but cometh out of a far country for Thy Name’s sake;

42 (For they shall hear of Thy Shem HaGadol, and of Thy Yad HaChazakah, and of Thy stretched out zero’a;) and shall come and daven toward this Bayit;

43 Hear Thou in Shomayim the Makom of Thy dwelling, and do according to all that the nokhri calleth to Thee for; that all peoples of ha’aretz may know Thy Shem, to fear Thee, as do Thy people Yisroel; that they may know that this Bayit, which I have built, is called by Thy Shem.