1 Kings 8:33 “When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have…”

1 Kings 8:33

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

World English Bible

“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn again to you and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house,

American Standard Version

When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:

Geneva Bible 1599

When thy people Israel shall be ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and turne againe to thee, and confesse thy Name, and pray and make supplication vnto thee in this house,

Darby Translation

When thy people Israel are put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house;

Young's Literal Translation

'In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back unto Thee, and have confessed Thy name, and prayed, and made supplication unto Thee in this house,

Bible in Basic English

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

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Cross references

“smitten down”

Leviticus 26:17 Deuteronomy 28:25 Leviticus 26:25 Deuteronomy 28:48 Joshua 7:8 Psalm 44:10

Leviticus 26:17 · BSB

And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 26:25 · BSB

And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Deuteronomy 28:48 · BSB

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Joshua 7:8 · BSB

O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

Psalm 44:10 · BSB

You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

“because they have”

2 Chronicles 36:14–17 2 Kings 17:7–18 Joshua 7:11 Joshua 7:12 Judges 6:1 Judges 6:2

2 Chronicles 36:14–17 · BSB

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 17:7–18 · BSB

All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

Joshua 7:11 · BSB

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own p…

Joshua 7:12 · BSB

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you r…

Judges 6:1 · BSB

Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

Judges 6:2 · BSB

and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

“turn again”

Leviticus 26:39–42 Jonah 3:10 Nehemiah 1:8 Nehemiah 1:9

Leviticus 26:39–42 · BSB

Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.

Jonah 3:10 · BSB

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Nehemiah 1:8 · BSB

Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

Nehemiah 1:9 · BSB

but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling fo…

“pray”

Ezra 9:5–15 Daniel 9:3–19 Nehemiah 9:1–3 Nehemiah 9:4 Nehemiah 9:5 Isaiah 63:15–19

Ezra 9:5–15 · BSB

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

Daniel 9:3–19 · BSB

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Nehemiah 9:1–3 · BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Nehemiah 9:4 · BSB

And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 9:5 · BSB

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be e…

Isaiah 63:15–19 · BSB

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

34then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

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