2 Chronicles 6:12-42

¹² Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands . ¹³ Now 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, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven . ¹⁴ He said , "O Lord , the God of Israel , there is no god like You in heaven or on earth , keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart ; ¹⁵ who has kept with Your servant David , my father , that which You have promised him; indeed You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand , as it is this day . ¹⁶ "Now therefore, O Lord , the God of Israel , keep with Your servant David , my father , that which You have promised him, saying , ' You 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.' ¹⁷ "Now therefore, O Lord , the God of Israel , let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David . ¹⁸ "But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth ? Behold , heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much e less this house which I have built . ¹⁹ "Yet 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; ²⁰ that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night , toward the 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 . ²¹ "Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place ; hear from Your dwelling place , from heaven ; hear and forgive . ²² "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath , and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house , ²³ then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants , punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness . ²⁴ "If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name , and pray and make supplication before You in this house , ²⁵ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel , and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers . ²⁶ "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name , and turn from their sin when You afflict them; ²⁷ then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel , indeed , teach them the good way in which they should walk . And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance . ²⁸ "If there is famine in the land , if there is pestilence , if there is blight or mildew , if there is locust or grasshopper , if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities , whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, ²⁹ whatever e prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel , each knowing his own affliction and his own pain , and spreading his hands toward this house , ³⁰ then hear from heaven Your dwelling place , and forgive , and render to each according to all his ways , whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men , ³¹ that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long e as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers . ³² "Also concerning the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel , when he comes from a far country for Your great name's sake and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm , when they come and pray toward this house , ³³ then hear from heaven , from Your dwelling place , and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name , and fear You as do Your people Israel , and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name . ³⁴ "When Your people go out to battle against their enemies , by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name , ³⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication , and maintain their cause . ³⁶ "When they sin against You ( for there is no man who does not sin ) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy , so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near , ³⁷ if they take thought in the land where e they are taken captive , and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity , saying , 'We have sinned , we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly '; ³⁸ if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity , where they have been taken captive , and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen , and toward the house which I have built for Your name , ³⁹ then hear from heaven , from Your dwelling place , their prayer and supplications , and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. ⁴⁰ "Now , O my God , I pray , let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place . ⁴¹ " Now therefore arise , O Lord God , to Your resting place , You and the ark of Your might ; let Your priests , O Lord God , be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good . ⁴² "O Lord God , do not turn away the face of Your anointed ; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David ."