1 Kings 8:46–53

⁴⁶“If they sin against you—^jfor there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive ^kto the land of the enemy, far off or near, ⁴⁷yet ^lif they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ^m‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ ⁴⁸ⁿif they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you ^otoward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, ⁴⁹then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause ⁵⁰and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and ^pgrant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them ⁵¹(^qfor they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, ^rfrom the midst of the iron furnace). ^52sLet your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you. ⁵³For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, ^tas you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”