The interpretation timeline

1Kgs 8:22

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 8:22 · Douay-Rheims

“And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven;”

Patristic before A.D. 750

373

A.D.

Ephrem the Syrian Patristic

c. A.D. 306–373

“Now notice that Solomon did not only pray for his people but also for the foreigners and the strangers who distrusted the nation of Israel and were often hostile to it, so that the son of David might show the God of David to everyone in general, by praying for his enemies and by speaking ahead of time for us those future words: "But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

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