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whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
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The Plague Within the Heart
Commentators unanimously explain that "the plague of his own heart" refers to the personal, painful awareness of one's own sin. While external disasters like famine or pestilence are real, Solomon's prayer recognizes that the root problem is internal—the "indwelling corruption" and spiritual disease that each person knows intimately. True prayer begins with this honest self-assessment before God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Know every man the plague of his own heart - that is, to perceive one’s sinfulness, or to recognize one’s sufferings as divine chastisements…
19th Century
Anglican
The prayer of Solomon, uttered (see 1 Kings 8:54) on his knees with hands uplifted to heaven, long and detailed as it is, is yet extrem…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What prayer and supplication soever On account of any of the above things, or any other:
be [made…
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