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42 (for they will hear of Your great name (A)and Your strong hand, and of Your outstretched arm); so if he comes and prays toward this house, 43 listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order (B)that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name to [a]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against [b]their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and (C)they pray to Yahweh [c]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

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  1. 1 Kings 8:43 Or reverence
  2. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit his
  3. 1 Kings 8:44 Lit in the way of

42 (for they shall hear of your great name and your powerful hand and your outstretched arm), and he shall come and pray toward this house, 43 you shall hear in heaven, the place of your dwelling, and act according to all that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you as your people Israel, and to know that your name has been invoked over this house that I have built. 44 If your people go out to battle against his enemy in the way that you shall send them and they pray to Yahweh, toward the city which you have chosen and the house which I have built for your name,

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