1 Kings 8:41 (GNV)

Passage

Moreouer as touching the stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a farre countrey for thy Names sake,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:39 Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be mercifull, and doe, and giue euery man according to all his wayes, as thou knowest his heart, (for thou only knowest the heartes of all the children of men)

1 Kings 8:40 That they may feare thee as long as they liue in ye lad, which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

1 Kings 8:41 Moreouer as touching the stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a farre countrey for thy Names sake,

1 Kings 8:42 (When they shall heare of thy great name, and of thy mightie hande, and of thy stretched out arme) and shall come and pray in this house,

1 Kings 8:43 Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moreouer", "touching", "stranger", "people", "israel", "shall", "come", and "farre". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moreouer" and "touching", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "That they may feare thee as long..." into verse 42's "When they shall heare of thy great...", so "moreouer" and "touching" 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 "moreouer" and "touching" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.