1 Kings 8:52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For thou didst separate them from among all people of the earth to be thine inheritance,.... By his choice of them in his own mind, by the redemption of them out of Egypt, by the peculiar laws he gave…
Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon's prayer, in which he makes a more particular…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in all that they call for unto thee The Hebrew is literally -In all their crying unto thee," which R.V. represents more nearly by whensoever they cry unto thee.
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