if, &c. Deuteronomy supplied the Lord with answers in His temptation; and supplied Solomon with petitions for his prayer. Compare 1Ki_30:1-3, 1Ki_30:4, 1Ki_30:20; 1Ki_9:26, 1Ki_9:29 (compare verses: 1Ki_8:51-52 below); 1Ki_7:9 (Compare 1Ki_8:23 above); and 1Ki_10:14 (Compare 1Ki_8:27 above), &c.
bethink themselves = call themselves to their right mind. (The verb is in the Hiphil.)
saying, We have sinned. Compare Neh_1:6, Neh_1:7. Dan_9:8.