1 Kings 8:49 (GNV)

Passage

Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:47 Yet if they turne againe vnto their heart in the lande (to the which they be caryed away captiues) and returne and pray vnto thee in the lande of them that caryed them away captiues, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed, and done wickedly,

1 Kings 8:48 If they turne againe vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the lande of their enemies, which led them away captiues, and pray vnto thee toward the way of their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, and toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and the house, which I haue built for thy Name,

1 Kings 8:49 Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,

1 Kings 8:50 And be mercifull vnto thy people that haue sinned against thee, and vnto all their iniquities (wherein they haue transgressed against thee) and cause that they, which led them away captiues, may haue pitie and compassion on them:

1 Kings 8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heare", "thou", "prayer", "supplication", "heauen", "dwelling", "place", and "iudge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heare" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 48's "If they turne againe vnto thee with..." into verse 50's "And be mercifull vnto thy people that...", so "heare" and "thou" 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 "heare" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.