^6:12He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. ^6:13Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet¹² long, seven and one-half feet¹³ wide, and four and one-half feet¹⁴ high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky, ^6:14and prayed:¹⁵ “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty¹⁶ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.¹⁷^6:15You have kept your word to your servant, my father David;¹⁸ this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.¹⁹^6:16Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,²⁰ provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’²¹^6:17Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.²²

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Footnotes

12 Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the length would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).
13 Heb “five cubits.”
14 Heb “three cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 4.5 feet (1.35 m).
15 Heb “said.”
16 Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”
17 Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
18 Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”
19 Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”
20 Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
21 Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”
22 Or “prove to be reliable.”