pestilence. death. Compare Leviticus 26:26.
blasting. blight.
cities. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for cities.
Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 8:37
1 Kings 8:37
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;h whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;