Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 8:34

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land, which thou gavest unto their fathers.

From the Land into which they are supposed to be carried by their Enemies, into Canaan. Quest. If they were Banished into a strange Land, how could they Pray in this house, as they are said to do, ver. 33. Answ. 1. That may be rendred to, or towards this house, as it is expressed, v. 29. 30. The Hebrew Praeposition Beth, in, being oft put for el, to, or towards. 2. This may be understood of divers persons; and so the sence is this: When the People of Israel be Defeated in Battel, and many of their Brethren be taken Prisoners, and carried into Captivity; if then their Brethren remaining in the Land, shall heartily pray for their Captive Brethren, they shall be Delivered.