New King James Version

1 Kings 8:40-44 New King James Version (NKJV)

40. that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

41. “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake

42. (for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple,

43. hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.

44. “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name,