1 Kings 8:42 (DRB)

Passage

And thy stretched out arm) so when he shall come, and shall pray in this place,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.

1 Kings 8:41 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,

1 Kings 8:42 And thy stretched out arm) so when he shall come, and shall pray in this place,

1 Kings 8:43 Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy dwelling place, and do all those things, for which that stranger shall call upon thee: that all the people of the earth may learn to fear thy name, as do thy people Israel, and may prove that thy name is called upon on this house, which I have built.

1 Kings 8:44 If thy people go out to war against their enemies, by what way soever thou shalt send them, they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city, which thou hast chosen, and towards the house, which I have built to thy name:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stretched", "shall", "come", "pray", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stretched" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "Moreover also the stranger who is not..." into verse 43's "Then hear thou in heaven in the...", so "stretched" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stretched" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.