2 Chronicles 6:12–17

¹²And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: ¹³for Solomon had made ^ea brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of ^fthe court: and upon it he stood, and ^gkneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven, ¹⁴and said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: ¹⁵thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. ¹⁶Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant 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; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. ¹⁷Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.