1 Kings 8:42-52

42 to pray facing this temple,
43 hear [them] in heaven, the place where you live. Do everything they ask you so that all the people of the world may know your name and fear you like your people Israel and learn also that this temple which I built bears your name.
44 "When your people go to war against their enemies (wherever you may send them) and they pray to you, O LORD, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I built for your name,
45 then hear their prayer for mercy in heaven, and do what is right [for them].
46 "They may sin against you. (No one is sinless.) You may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them to [another] country as captives, [whether it is] far or near.
47 If they come to their senses, are sorry for what they've done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying, 'We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked,'
48 if they change their attitude toward you in the land of their enemies where they are captives, if they pray to you toward the land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and the temple I have built for your name,
49 then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them.
50 Forgive your people, who have sinned against you. [Forgive] all their wrongs when they rebelled against you, and cause those who captured them to have mercy on them
51 because they are your own people whom you brought out of Egypt from the middle of an iron smelter.
52 "May your eyes always see my plea and your people Israel's plea so that you will listen to them whenever they call on you.
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