Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 8:34
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.
Bring them again, from the land into which they are supposed to be carried by their enemies, into Canaan.
Quest. If they were banished into a strange land, how could they pray
in this house, as they are said to do, 1Ki 8:33?
Answ. 1. That may be rendered to or towards this house, as it is expressed, 1Ki 8:29,30. The Hebrew preposition beth, in, being oft put for el, to, or towards.
2. This may be understood of divers persons; and so the sense is this: When the people of Israel be defeated in battle, and many of their brethren be taken prisoners, and carried into captivity; if then their brethren remaining in the land, shall heartily pray for theft captive brethren, they shall be delivered.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 8:34 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.
Ver. 34. And forgive the sin of thy people. ] For else, if thou shouldst turn again their captivity, they could have no great comfort. Pardon of sin is a principal mercy, and chiefly to be sought for.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
bring them again. See Deu 30:1-8. Neh 1:8, Neh 1:9.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
forgive the sin: 1Ki 8:30, Ezr 1:1-6, Psa 106:47, Jer 31:4-9, Jer 31:27, Jer 32:37, Jer 33:10-13, Dan 9:12, Dan 9:19, Dan 9:25, Amo 7:2
which thou gavest: Gen 13:15, Exo 6:8, Jos 21:43
Reciprocal: Num 14:19 – Pardon 2Ch 6:24 – put to the worse Neh 9:28 – heardest Jer 18:8 – that nation Mat 6:12 – forgive Luk 11:4 – forgive us