1 Kings 8 · Verse 41

1 Kings 8:41

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
1 Kings 8:41, King James Version

1 Kings 8:41 in other translations

BSBAnd as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
WEB“Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake
ASVMoreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake
YLT‘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--
DARBYAnd as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake
BBEAnd 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:
WebsterMoreover, concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

What does 1 Kings 8:41 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:22-53

In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God's performing his promises, should encourage us to depend upon them, and to plead them with him; and those who expect further mercies, must be thankful for former mercies. God's…

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1 Kings 8:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַם֙ve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַנָּכְרִ֔יha.na.khe.Rithe foreignerH5237
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhoH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
מֵעַמְּךָ֥me.'a.me.Kha[is] one of people yourH5971
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
ה֑וּאHu'heH1931
וּבָ֛אu.Va'and he will comeH935
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a landH776
רְחוֹקָ֖הre.cho.KahdistantH7350
לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616
שְׁמֶֽךָ\׃she.Me.khaname yourH8034

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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:41

  • 1 Kings 10:1-2

    And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

  • Isaiah 56:3-7

    Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; …

  • Acts 8:27-40

    And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? …

  • Exodus 18:8-12

    And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. …

  • Acts 10:1-4

    There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

  • John 12:20

    And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

  • Ruth 2:11

    And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

  • Matthew 15:22-28

    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. …

  • Matthew 12:42

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

  • 2 Kings 5:1-7

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. …

  • Luke 17:18

    There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

  • Matthew 8:10-11

    When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a stranger.
10:1,2; Ru 1:16; 2:11; 2Ch 6:32; Isa 56:3-7; Mt 8:5,10,11; 15:22-28
Lu 17:18; Joh 12:20; Ac 10:1-4
cometh out.
10:1,2; Ex 18:8-12; 2Ki 5:1-7,16,17; Isa 60:1-10; Mt 2:1; 12:42
Ac 8:27-40

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Context

  • 1 Kings 8:40

    That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

  • 1 Kings 8:41

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

  • 1 Kings 8:42

    (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

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1 Kings 8:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo el extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo Israel, que hubiere venido de lejanas tierras á causa de tu nombre,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quant à l’étranger aussi, qui ne sera pas de ton peuple Israël, mais qui viendra d’un pays lointain à cause de ton nom
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch auf den Fremden, der nicht von deinem Volke Israel ist-kommt er aus fernem Lande um deines Namens willen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Insuper et alienigena, qui non est de populo tuo Israël, cum venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum (audietur enim nomen tuum magnum, et manus tua fortis, et brachium tuum