22 And
Solomon stood before the altar of the
Lord
in the presence of all the congregation of
Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
heaven:
23 And he
said,
Lord God of Israel, there is
no God like thee, in heaven above, or on
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and
mercy with thy servants that walk before
thee with all their heart:
24 Who hast
kept with thy servant David my father that
thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with
thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with
thine hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore
now,
Lord God of Israel, keep with thy
servant David my father that thou promisedst
him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man
in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel;
so that thy children take heed to their way,
that they walk before me as thou hast walked
before me.
26 And now,
O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee,
be verified, which thou spakest unto thy
servant David my father.
27 But will
God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the
heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; how much less this house that I have
builded?
28 Yet have
thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant,
and to his supplication, O
Lord
my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the
prayer, which thy servant prayeth before
thee to day:
29 That
thine eyes may be open toward this house
night and day, even toward the place
of which thou hast said, My name shall be
there: that thou mayest hearken unto the
prayer which thy servant shall make toward
this place.
30 And
hearken thou to the supplication of thy
servant, and of thy people Israel, when they
shall pray toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou
hearest, forgive.