1 Kings 8:35
“When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
When heaven is shut up,.... As it may be said to be when the air is quite serene, and not a cloud in it:
and there is…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain - The Third case. When, because of their sin, and their ceasing to walk…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 8:22-53
Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
When heaven is shut up The king next intreats against a plague of drought. This also had been proclaimed in the…
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