1 Kings 8:39-42

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³⁹ please listen to their prayer. Listen while you are in your home in heaven and forgive them and help them. Only you know what people are really thinking, so only you can judge them fairly. ⁴⁰ Do this so that your people will fear and respect you all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.

^41-42 “People from other places will hear about your greatness and your power. They will come from far away to pray at this Temple.