2 Chronicles 6:12–17

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

¹²Then he stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

^13aNow Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, ^bknelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

¹⁴And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^athere is no god like You in heaven or on earth, ^bkeeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart;

^15awho have kept with Your ¹servant David, my father, that which You have ²promised him; indeed You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand, as it is this day.

¹⁶“So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father, that which You have promised him, saying, ‘^aYou shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

¹⁷“So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, let Your word truly ¹endure which You have spoken to Your servant David.