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Then he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands.
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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
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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;
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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.
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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.