Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

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 every where of thy great name and thy mighty hand,

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,

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake;

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:

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-

Moreover, the foreigner too, who is not of your people Israel, when he will have arrived from a distant land because of your name, for they shall hear about your great name, and your strong hand,

Nothing is more remarkable in the Mosaic Law than its liberality with regard to strangers, both in general Exodus 22:21; Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 10:19 and in religious matters Numbers 15:14-16; Deuteronomy 31:12. It is quite in the spirit of these enactments that Solomon, having first prayed to God on behalf of his fellow-countrymen, should next go on to intercede for the strangers, and to ask for their prayers the same acceptance which he had previously begged for the prayers of faithful Israelites.
For thy name's sake - i. e. "to visit the place where Thou hast set Thy name" (Compare Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, etc.).

Moreover, concerning a stranger - The Fifth case relates to heathens coming from other countries with the design to become proselytes to the true religion; that they might be received, blessed, and protected as the true Israelites, that the name of Jehovah might be known over the face of the earth.

Moreover concerning a (p) stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
(p) He means such as should be turned from their idolatry to serve the true God.

Moreover, concerning a stranger that is not of thy people Israel,.... One of another country, not belonging to any of the tribes of Israel, yet having some knowledge of, and disposition to, the true worship of God:
but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; as the Ethiopian eunuch did, to pray to him, worship him, and offer such sacrifices as were allowed a Gentile to do, Leviticus 22:18 led thereunto by the fame of him, as follows.

A stranger - A proselyte. But cometh - That he may worship, and glorify thy name.