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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 8:41 - Strong Concordance

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1Ki 8:41 Strong Concordance Moreover concerning a stranger [05237], that is not of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], but cometh out [0935] of a far [07350] country [0776] for [04616] thy name's [08034] sake;
  King James Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Nothing is more remarkable in the Mosaic Law than its liberality with regard to strangers, both in general Exo 22:21; Lev 25:35; Deu 10:19 and in religious matters Num 15:14-16; Deu 31:12. It is quite in the spirit of these enactments that Solomon, having first prayed to God on behalf of his fellow-countrymen, should next go on to intercede for the strangers, and to ask for their prayers the same acceptance which he had previously begged for the prayers of faithful Israelites.

For thy name's sake - i. e. "to visit the place where Thou hast set Thy name" (Compare Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11, etc.).
 
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11 Then there shall be a place [04725] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] shall choose [0977] to cause his name [08034] to dwell [07931] there; thither shall ye bring [0935] all that I command [06680] you; your burnt offerings [05930], and your sacrifices [02077], your tithes [04643], and the heave offering [08641] of your hand [03027], and all your choice [04005] vows [05088] which ye vow [05087] unto the LORD [03068]:
5 But unto the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] shall choose [0977] out of all your tribes [07626] to put [07760] his name [08034] there, even unto his habitation [07933] shall ye seek [01875], and thither thou shalt come [0935]:
12 Gather [06950] the people [05971] together [06950], men [0582], and women [0802], and children [02945], and thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179], that they may hear [08085], and that they may learn [03925], and fear [03372] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and observe [08104] to do [06213] all the words [01697] of this law [08451]:
14 And if a stranger [01616] sojourn [01481] with you, or whosoever be among [08432] you in your generations [01755], and will offer [06213] an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068]; as ye do [06213], so he shall do [06213].
15 One [0259] ordinance [02708] shall be both for you of the congregation [06951], and also for the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] with you, an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769] in your generations [01755]: as ye are, so shall the stranger [01616] be before [06440] the LORD [03068].
16 One [0259] law [08451] and one [0259] manner [04941] shall be for you, and for the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] with you.
19 Love [0157] ye therefore the stranger [01616]: for ye were strangers [01616] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
35 And if thy brother [0251] be waxen poor [04134], and fallen in decay [04131] with thee [03027]; then thou shalt relieve [02388] him: yea, though he be a stranger [01616], or a sojourner [08453]; that he may live [02416] with thee.
21 Thou shalt neither vex [03238] a stranger [01616], nor oppress [03905] him: for ye were strangers [01616] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].