2 Chronicles 6:12-21

12Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 131Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, 2knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14He said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, 3there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, 4keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart; 155who has kept with Your servant David, my father, that which You have 6promised him; indeed You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. 16Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have 7promised him, saying, ‘89You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’ 17Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18“But 10will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, 11heaven and the 12highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built. 19Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; 20that Your 13eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward 14the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. 21Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; 15hear and forgive.