1 Kings 8:41

New English Translation

“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:40

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:42

When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

2 Chronicles 6:32

“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord’s name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.

Numbers 15:16

One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.’”

Numbers 15:29

You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 2:1

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

Matthew 8:5

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

Luke 17:18

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

John 12:20

Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied, “Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.

Ruth 2:11

Boaz replied to her, “I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband – how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.