Passage

A foreigner comes to pray

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁴¹“Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake

1 Kings 8:41World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The prayer includes a foreigner who comes from a distant land because of God’s name.

To understand

The speaker asks God to hear this foreigner in heaven. He gives the purpose that all peoples may know God’s name and that the house is called by that name.

A question

What purpose does the speaker give for asking God to hear the foreigner?