Bible Strands
1 Kings 8:41
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon addresses the Lord before the newly constructed temple, petitioning for divine attention to those outside the covenant community.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וְ/גַם־הַנָּכְרִי (ve./Gam ha./na.khe.Ri) translates literally to "and/ also the/ foreigner," marking the specific demographic under consideration.
The thread — The text tracks outsiders responding to God’s reputation in 1 Kings 10:1, Exodus 18:8, and Isaiah 56:3.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that God’s name draws distant seekers, establishing a precedent for divine accessibility beyond ethnic Israel.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- Exodus 18:8 Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
- Isaiah 56:3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
- Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- Ruth 2:11 Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
- 2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- 2 Kings 5:16 But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.