1 Kings 8:34

WEB

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.

KJV

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

Commentary

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy peop le Israel,.... It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity: and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers; as had been often their case in the time of the judges.