11. And in it I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the sons of Israel.
12. Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands.
13. For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, five cubits long and five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood and knelt down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven
14. and said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven nor in the earth who keeps covenant and shows mercy unto thy slaves that walk before thee with all their hearts;
15. who hast kept unto thy slave David, my father, that which thou hast promised him; thou didst say it with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.
16. Now, therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy slave David, my father, that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel, under the condition that thy sons keep their way, walking in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17. Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word stand firm, which thou hast spoken unto thy slave David.
18. Is it true that God is to dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built!
19. But thou shalt look upon the prayer of thy slave and upon his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer with which thy slave prays before thee
20. that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there, to hearken unto the prayer which thy slave prays in this place.