John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 8:41

"Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name`s sake" — 1 Kings 8:41 (ASV)

Moreover, concerning a stranger that is not of thy people
Israel
One of another country, not belonging to any of the tribes of Israel, yet having some knowledge of, and disposition to, the true worship of God:

but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake ;
as the Ethiopian eunuch did, to pray to him, worship him, and offer such sacrifices as were allowed a Gentile to do, (Leviticus 22:18) led thereunto by the fame of him, as follows.