58. May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.
59. And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need,
60. so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.
61. And may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”
62. Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord.
63. Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the Lord.
64. On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.