1 Kings 8:40

1 Kings 8:22-53

²²And Solomon stood before the altar of YHWH in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens. ²³And he said, “YHWH, Elohim of Israel, there is no Elohim like you in the heavens above or on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the loyal love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart; ²⁴who have kept for your servant David my father what you spoke to him; you spoke with your mouth, and with your hand you have fulfilled it, as it is this day. ²⁵And now, YHWH, Elohim of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you spoke to him, saying, ‘There shall not be cut off for you a man from before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way, walking before me as you have walked before me.’ ²⁶And now, Elohim of Israel, please let your word be firm that you spoke to your servant David my father. ²⁷But will Elohim truly live on the earth? Look, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! ²⁸Yet turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, YHWH my Elohim, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you today; ²⁹that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer that your servant prays toward this place. ³⁰And listen to the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, who pray toward this place; and you, listen in the place where you live, in the heavens; and listen and forgive. ³¹If a man sins against his neighbor, and he lays on him an imprecation to make him swear, and the imprecation comes before your altar in this house, ³²then you listen in the heavens, and act, and judge your servants, declaring wicked the wicked, putting his way on his head, and declaring righteous the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness. ³³When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they return to you and give thanks to your name and pray and make supplication to you in this house, ³⁴then you listen in the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land that you gave to their fathers. ³⁵When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray toward this place and give thanks to your name and turn back from their sin because you afflict them, ³⁶then you listen in the heavens, and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel, for you instruct them in the good way in which they should walk; and give rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance. ³⁷If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper, if there are these; if his enemy besieges him in the land of his gates; any sore, any sickness; ³⁸whatever prayer, whatever supplication that is made by any human being, by all your people Israel, when each knows the sore of his own heart and spreads out his hands toward this house, ³⁹then you listen in the heavens, the place where you live, and forgive, and act, and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart you know — for you alone know the heart of all human beings — ⁴⁰so that they may fear you all the days that they live on the face of the land that you gave to our fathers. ⁴¹And also to the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, and comes from a distant land because of your name ⁴²— for they will hear of your great name and of your strong hand and of your outstretched arm — when he comes and prays toward this house, ⁴³you listen in the heavens, the place where you live, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you as your people Israel do, and to know that your name is called over this house that I have built. ⁴⁴If your people go out to war against their enemy by the way that you send them, and they pray to YHWH toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, ⁴⁵then listen in the heavens to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice for them.

2 Chronicles 6:12-42

¹²He stood before the altar of YHWH in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands. ¹³For Solomon had made a platform of bronze and set it in the middle of the enclosure, five cubits its length, five cubits its width, and three cubits its height; he stood on it, knelt on his knees in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens, ¹⁴and said, “YHWH, Elohim of Israel, there is no Elohim like you in the heavens or on the earth, keeping the covenant and the loyal love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart; ¹⁵who have kept for your servant David my father what you spoke to him; you spoke with your mouth and with your hand have fulfilled it, as it is this day. ¹⁶And now, YHWH, Elohim of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you spoke to him, saying, ‘There shall not be cut off for you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way, to walk in my instruction as you have walked before me.’ ¹⁷And now, YHWH, Elohim of Israel, let your word that you spoke to your servant David be firm. ¹⁸But will Elohim truly live with human beings on the earth? Look, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! ¹⁹Turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, YHWH my Elohim, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you, ²⁰that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which you said that you would put your name there, to listen to the prayer that your servant prays toward this place. ²¹And listen to the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel, who pray toward this place; and you, listen from the place where you live, from the heavens; and listen and forgive. ²²If a man sins against his neighbor and he lays on him an imprecation to make him swear, and the imprecation comes before your altar in this house, ²³then you listen from the heavens, and act, and judge your servants, repaying the wicked by putting his way on his head, and declaring righteous the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. ²⁴And if your people Israel is struck down before an enemy because they have sinned against you, and they return and give thanks to your name and pray and make supplication before you in this house, ²⁵then you listen from the heavens and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers. ²⁶When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray toward this place and give thanks to your name and turn from their sin because you afflict them, ²⁷then you listen in the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel, for you instruct them in the good way in which they should walk; and give rain on your land that you gave to your people as an inheritance. ²⁸When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, when there are blight and mildew, locust and hopper; when their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; any sore and any sickness; ²⁹whatever prayer, whatever supplication that is made by any human being or by all your people Israel, who know, each his own sore and his own pain, and spread out his hands toward this house, ³⁰then you listen from the heavens, the place where you live, and forgive, and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart you know —for you alone know the heart of human beings— ³¹so that they may fear you by walking in your ways all the days that they live on the face of the land that you gave to our fathers. ³²And also to the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but he comes from a distant land for the sake of your great name, your strong hand, and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, ³³then you listen from the heavens, from the place where you live, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you as your people Israel does, and may know that your name is called over this house that I have built. ³⁴When your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, ³⁵then listen from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and do justice for them.