1 Kings 8:28 (LSB)

Passage

Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You today;

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:26 So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly endure which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.

1 Kings 8:27 “But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!

1 Kings 8:28 Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You today;

1 Kings 8:29 that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your slave shall pray toward this place.

1 Kings 8:30 And listen to the supplication of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen in heaven Your dwelling place; listen and forgive.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "regard", "prayer", "slave", "supplication", "yahweh", and "listen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "regard" and "prayer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "But will God truly dwell on the..." into verse 29's "that Your eyes may be open toward...", so "regard" and "prayer" 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 "regard" and "prayer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.