1 Kings 8:33
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
Cross-reference
In 1 Kings 8:30, the general petition for God to hear prayers toward the temple is applied in verse 33 to the specific case of defeat due to sin.
In 1 Kings 8:35, the same prayer pattern is used for drought — sin, repentance, and supplication toward the temple — paralleling the defeat scenario.
Leviticus 26:25 adds the curse of war and pestilence, providing the covenantal background for Israel's defeat that Solomon references.
In Daniel 9:3-19, Daniel’s confession and plea after national sin directly mirrors Solomon’s pattern of repentance, prayer toward the temple, and appeal for mercy.
Nehemiah 9:1-3 shows the community fasting, confessing, and reading the Law — a corporate repentance that matches the prayer condition in 1 Kings 8:33.
Nehemiah 1:9 promises restoration for those who return to God, mirroring the repentance and restoration Solomon asks God to grant after defeat.
Nehemiah 1:8 recalls God's word that unfaithfulness leads to scattering, directly echoing Solomon's conditional prayer for when sin brings defeat.
Ezra 9:5-15 is a prayer confessing sin after exile, exactly the kind of repentant prayer Solomon envisioned when the people 'turn back to you'.
In 2 Chronicles 36:14-17, Judah's persistent sin leads to Babylonian conquest, fulfilling the pattern of sin-brings-defeat Solomon prayed about.
2 Chronicles 6:25 continues the prayer, promising forgiveness and restoration after repentance, completing the sequence.
2 Chronicles 6:24 is the parallel passage of Solomon's prayer, repeating the same condition of defeat and repentance.
In 2 Kings 18:12, the defeat of Israel is explicitly attributed to disobedience — the very cause Solomon warned would lead to defeat.
2 Kings 17:7-18 recounts Israel's exile due to sin, a historical fulfillment of the defeat-and-repentance principle.
Joshua 7:12 explains that defeat continues until sin is removed, reinforcing the need for repentance in Solomon's prayer.
Joshua 7:11 directly states that Israel's defeat at Ai was due to sin, confirming the cause Solomon cites here.
Deuteronomy 28:25 explicitly describes defeat before enemies as a covenant curse, directly matching the scenario in Solomon's prayer.
Leviticus 26:39-42 lays out the covenant curse of exile and the promise of restoration upon confession — the same logic Solomon's prayer is based on.
Leviticus 26:17 is the covenant curse that says Israel will be struck down before enemies for disobedience, the very situation Solomon prays about.
In 2 Chronicles 20:9, Jehoshaphat invokes Solomon’s prayer, quoting the promise that crying out at the temple in calamity brings deliverance.
In Leviticus 26:40, confession of sin after judgment is the covenant condition that Solomon’s prayer in verse 33 explicitly relies on for forgiveness.
In Nehemiah 9:28, the cycle of sin, defeat, crying out, and deliverance recounts the exact pattern Solomon prays for in verse 33.
Judges 6:1 shows the cycle of sin leading to Midianite oppression, exemplifying the pattern in Solomon's prayer.
In Joshua 7:8, Joshua laments Israel's defeat at Ai due to Achan's sin, mirroring the defeat-from-sin pattern Solomon prays about.
Psalm 44:10 describes defeat despite faithfulness, contrasting with Solomon's premise that defeat results from sin.
In Isaiah 63:15-19, the remnant prays for God to look down from heaven and restore them after defeat — echoing the temple petition for forgiveness and return.
In Jeremiah 18:8, God’s promise to relent from disaster when a nation repents underlies the forgiveness petition of Solomon’s temple prayer.
In Jonah 3:10, Nineveh's repentance leads God to relent from destruction — a Gentile parallel to the pattern of turning and mercy Solomon prays for.
Jeremiah 36:7 echoes Solomon's call to repentance—bringing petition to the Lord and turning from wickedness after judgment.
In Isaiah 66:24, the unquenchable fire for rebels contrasts sharply with the forgiveness offered to those who repent and pray toward the temple.
Judges 6:2 describes the harsh defeat by Midian, illustrating the kind of enemy pressure that prompts repentance.