1-Kings - 8:34

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34 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 8:34.

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Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
Then hear thou in heaven, and for- give the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land that thou gavest unto their fathers.
then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers.
Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.
listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to the land, which you gave to their fathers.

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Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,.... It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity:
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers; as had been often their case in the time of the judges.

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