2Chronicles:6:12-42

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* And he stood before the altar of Jehovah , before the congregation of Israel , and spread out his palms . * Solomon had made a bronze scaffold , and put it in the middle of the court , five cubits long , and five cubits broad , and three cubits high ; and he stood on it , and knelt on his knees before all the congregation of Israel , and spread out his hands toward Heaven . * and said , O Jehovah , God of Israel , there is no God like You in the heavens and in the earth , keeping covenant and mercy with Your servants , who walk before You with all their hearts ; * who has kept with Your servant David , my father , that which You spoke to him ; yea , You spoke with Your mouth , and You have fulfilled with Your hand , as at this day . * And now , O Jehovah the God of Israel , keep with Your servant David , my father , that which You spoke to him , saying , There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me , sitting on the throne of Israel . Only , if your sons watch their way to walk in My law , as you have walked before Me . * And now , O Jehovah the God of Israel , let Your word be verified , which you spoke to Your servant David . * For is it true that God shall dwell with men on the earth ? Behold , the heavens , and the heaven of heavens , do not contain You . How much less this house that I have built ! * And You have turned toward the prayer of Your servant , and to his supplication , O Jehovah my God , to listen to the cry and to the prayer that Your servant is praying before You ; * for Your eyes shall be open toward this house by day and by night , toward the place that You have said to put Your name there , to listen to the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place . * And You shall listen to the supplications of Your servant , and of Your people Israel , that they pray toward this place ; and You shall hear from Your place of dwelling , from Heaven , and shall hear and forgive . * If a man shall sin against his neighbor , and he shall lift up an oath on him , to cause him to swear , and he shall come and swear before Your altar in this house , * You shall hear from Heaven , and shall act , and shall judge Your servants , to repay the wicked , to bring his way on his own head ; and to justify the righteous , to give him according to his righteousness . * And if Your people Israel shall be stricken before an enemy , because they have sinned against You ; and they shall return and confess Your name , and shall pray and make supplication before You in this house , * then You shall hear from Heaven , and shall forgive the sin of Your people Israel , and shall cause them to return to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers . * When the heavens shall be shut up , and there is no rain , because they have sinned against You , and they shall pray toward this place , and confess Your name , turning back from their sin because You have afflicted them , * then You shall hear from Heaven , and shall forgive the sin of Your servants , and of Your people Israel , because You have taught them the good way in which they should walk , and have given rain on Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance . * When there shall be famine in the land , when there is pestilence , blasting , or mildew ; when there are locusts or ravagers when its enemies have distressed it in the land , in its gates , with any plague and any sickness ; * Whatever prayer , whatever supplication shall be made for any man , and for all Your people Israel , when they know each one his own plague , and his own grief , and he shall spread out his palms toward this house ; * then You shall hear from Heaven , Your dwelling place , and shall forgive , and shall give to each according to all his ways , because You know his heart ; for You , You only , have known the heart of the sons of men ; * so that they shall fear You , to walk in Your ways all the days that they shall live on the face of the land that You have given to our fathers . * And , also , to the stranger who is not of Your people Israel , and he has come from a distant land for Your great name 's sake , and Your mighty hand , and Your stretched out arm ; and they shall come and pray toward this house , * then You shall hear from Heaven , from Your dwelling place , and shall do according to all that the stranger calls to You ; so that all the people of the earth shall know Your name , so as to fear You , as Your people Israel , and to know that Your name is called on this house that I have built . * When Your people shall go out to battle against its enemies in the way that You shall send them , and they shall pray to You toward this city that You have chosen , and the house that I have built for Your name ; * then You shall hear from Heaven their prayer and their supplication , and shall maintain their cause . * When they sin against You (for there is not a man who does not sin ) and You shall be angry with them and shall give them up before an enemy , and their captors shall take them captive , to a land distant or near ; * and they shall return to their heart in the land from which they have been taken captive , and shall turn back and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity , saying , We have sinned , we have acted perversely and have done wickedly ; * yea , they shall turn back to You with all their heart , and with all their soul , in the land of their captivity , where they have been taken captive , and they shall pray toward their land that You have given to their fathers , and toward the city that You have chosen and toward the house that I have built for Your name ; * then You shall hear from Heaven , from Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications , and shall maintain their cause , and forgive Your people who have sinned against You . * Now , My God , I beseech You , let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place ; * and now , O Jehovah God , rise to Your rest ; You , and the ark of Your strength ; O Jehovah God , Your priests are clothed with salvation , and Your saints rejoice in goodness ; * O Jehovah God , do not turn away the face of Your anointed ; remember the good deeds of Your servant David .

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