1 Kings 8:46-53

46“When they sin against You (for 1there is no person who does not sin) and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that 2they take them away captive 3to the land of the enemy, distant or near; 474if they 5take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and implore Your 6favor in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘7We have sinned and done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; 488if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and 9pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; 49then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their wrongdoings which they have committed against You, and 10make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, so that they will have compassion on them 51(11for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought out of Egypt, 12from the midst of the iron furnace), 5213so that Your eyes may be open to the pleading of Your servant and to the pleading of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. 53For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, 14just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord 15God.”