Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
1 Kings 8:41
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
- KJV
- Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- WEB
- “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake
- ASV
- Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake
- LSV
- And also, to the stranger who is not of Your people Israel, and has come from a far-off land for Your Name’s sake—
- YLT
- 'And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for Thy name's sake —
- DBY
- And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake
- DRC
- Moreover also the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake, (for they shall hear everywhere of thy great name and thy mighty hand,
- GNV
- Moreouer as touching the stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a farre countrey for thy Names sake,
- JPS
- Moreover concerning the stranger that is not of Thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for Thy name's sake—
- LXXE
- And for the stranger who is not of thy people,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְגַם֙ אֶל־הַנָּכְרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־מֵעַמְּךָ֥ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ה֑וּא וּבָ֛א מֵאֶ֥רֶץ רְחוֹקָ֖ה לְמַ֥עַן שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπὸ λαοῦ σοῦ οὗτος,
Who and where
◆ Reign of Solomon
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PrayerDedicationSolomonIntercessionTempleStavesCatholicityTemple, Solomon’sStranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)Ark of the Covenant
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Cross-references most cited first
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- Exodus 18:8–12Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them. And Jethro…
- Isaiah 56:3–7Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep…
- Acts 8:27–40So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his return was sitting in…
- 2 Kings 5:1–7Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a…
- Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- John 12:20Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- Ruth 2:11Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you…
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Isaiah 60:1–10Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear…
- Matthew 15:22–28And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged…
- Luke 17:18Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- Matthew 8:5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
- Acts 10:1–4At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. One…
- Ruth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- Matthew 8:10–11When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the…
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