1Kings:8:22-38
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And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel Yisra #
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and spread forth his hands toward heaven :
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And he said ,
LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
there is no God like thee ,
in heaven above ma #
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or on earth beneath ,
who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart :
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Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him :
thou spakest also with thy mouth ,
and hast fulfilled it with thine hand ,
as it is this day .
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Therefore now ,
LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel Yisra #
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so that thy children take heed to their way ,
that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me .
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And now ,
O God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
let thy word ,
I pray thee ,
be verified ,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father .
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But will God indeed dwell on the earth ?
behold ,
the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ;
how much less this house that I have builded ?
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Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant ,
and to his supplication ,
O LORD my God ,
to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer ,
which thy servant prayeth before thee to day :
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That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day ,
even toward the place of which thou hast said ,
My name shall be there :
that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place .
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And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant ,
and of thy people Israel Yisra #
el #,
when they shall pray toward this place :
and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place :
and when thou hearest ,
forgive .
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If any man trespass against his neighbour ,
and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear ,
and the oath come before thine altar in this house :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and do ,
and judge thy servants ,
condemning the wicked ,
to bring his way upon his head ro #
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and justifying the righteous ,
to give him according to his righteousness .
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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 :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel Yisra #
el #,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers .
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When heaven is shut up ,
and there is no rain ,
because they have sinned against thee ;
if they pray toward this place ,
and confess thy name ,
and turn from their sin chatta #
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when thou afflictest them :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy servants ,
and of thy people Israel Yisra #
el #,
that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk ,
and give rain upon thy land ,
which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance .
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If there be in the land famine ra #
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if there be pestilence ,
blasting ,
mildew ,
locust ,
or if there be caterpiller ;
if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities sha #
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whatsoever plague ,
whatsoever sickness there be ;
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What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man ,
or by all thy people Israel Yisra #
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which shall know every man the plague of his own heart ,
and spread forth his hands toward this house :