1 Kings 8:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

toward their land. Compare Daniel 6:10; Daniel 9:5-19; Ezra 9:5-15; Ezra 10:1.Nehemiah 9:16-35.Psalms 106:6.

the city. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Vulgate, read "and the city".

I have built. Hebrew text written "Thou hast built", but some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "I have built", as in Authorized Version.

1 Kings 8:48

48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: