1 Kings 8:44–49

⁴⁴When your people go out to fight against their enemies,

wherever you send them,

and they pray to the Lord

in the direction of the city you have chosen^m

and the temple I have built for your name,

⁴⁵may you hear their prayer and petition in heaven

and uphold their cause.ⁿ

⁴⁶When they sin against you—

for there is no one who does not sin^o—

and you are angry with them

and hand them over to the enemy,

and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country^p—

whether distant or nearby—

⁴⁷and when they come to their senses^B

in the land where they were deported

and repent and petition you in their captors’ land:

“We have sinned and done wrong;

we have been wicked,”^q

⁴⁸and when they return to you with all their heart and all their soul

in the land of their enemies who took them captive,^r

and when they pray to you in the direction of their land

that you gave their ancestors,

the city you have chosen,^s

and the temple I have built for your name,

⁴⁹may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,

their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.