Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;(1 Kings 8:47)

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:(1 Kings 8:48)

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,(1 Kings 8:49)

And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:(1 Kings 8:51)

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.(1 Kings 8:52)

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.(1 Kings 8:53)

Other publications related to "1 Kings 8:50":

We don't need to be captives
In this article by Charles Spurgeon, we learn how Gods people can find forgiveness and deliverance from captivity through confessing sin and obeying God. By abandoning idols and returning to God, depression and despondency can be removed. Discover how we can quickly return to the citizenship of Zion.

The triple promise to hear, forgive and heal
In this article, Charles Spurgeon discusses the triple promise of hearing, forgiving, and healing from God when we seek His forgiveness for our sins.

1 Kings 8:50 - Cross Reference

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. (Psalm 106:46)

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. (2 Chronicles 30:9)

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. (Ezra 7:6)

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. (Nehemiah 2:4)

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Proverbs 16:7)

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: (Ezra 7:27)

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. (Daniel 1:9)

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. (Nehemiah 1:11)

And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. (Acts 7:10)