1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 8:31 If a man sins against his neighbor. This is the first of seven specific petitions in Solomon’s prayer. It concerns a legal case that is impossible to resolve in any normal way because of difficulty with evidence or witnesses (see 1 Kings 3:16). A priestly ritual is involved here (compare Numbers 5:11). Solomon calls upon God himself as judge to condemn the guilty and clear the righteous individual.

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