1 Kings 8:52 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you.

NIV: "May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.

NASB: so that Your eyes may be open to the pleading of Your servant and to the pleading of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

CSB: May your eyes be open to your servant’s petition and to the petition of your people Israel, listening to them whenever they call to you.

NLT: 'May your eyes be open to my requests and to the requests of your people Israel. May you hear and answer them whenever they cry out to you.

KJV: 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.

NKJV: that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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