nkjv 1Kings:8:22-38 SEEK
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel ,
and spread out his hands toward heaven ;
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and he said : "
LORD God of Israel ,
there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You ,
who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts .
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You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father ;
You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand ,
as it is this day .
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Therefore ,
LORD God of Israel ,
now keep what You promised Your servant David my father ,
saying , "
You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel ,
only if your sons take heed to their way ,
that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me .'
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And now I pray ,
O God of Israel ,
let Your word come true ,
which You have spoken to Your servant David my father .
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But will God indeed dwell on the earth ?
Behold ,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You .
How much less this temple which I have built !
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Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication ,
O LORD my God ,
and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today :
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that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day ,
toward the place of which You said , "
My name shall be there ,'
that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place .
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And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel ,
when they pray toward this place .
Hear in heaven Your dwelling place ;
and when You hear ,
forgive .
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When anyone sins against his neighbor ,
and is forced to take an oath ,
and comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple ,
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then hear in heaven ,
and act ,
and judge Your servants ,
condemning the wicked ,
bringing his way on his head ,
and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness .
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When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You ,
and when they turn back to You and confess Your name ,
and pray and make supplication to You in this temple ,
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then hear in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of Your people Israel ,
and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers .
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When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You ,
when they pray toward this place and confess Your name ,
and turn from their sin because You afflict them ,
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then hear in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of Your servants ,
Your people Israel ,
that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk ;
and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance .
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When there is famine in the land ,
pestilence or blight or mildew ,
locusts or grasshoppers ;
when their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities ;
whatever plague or whatever sickness there is ;
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whatever prayer ,
whatever supplication is made by anyone ,
or by all Your people Israel ,
when each one knows the plague of his own heart ,
and spreads out his hands toward this temple :