1 Kings 8:33–43

³³“When your people Israel have been defeated^k by an enemy because they have sinned^l against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,^{m 34}then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

³⁵“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rainⁿ because your people have sinned^o against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, ³⁶then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach^p them the right way^q to live, and send rain^r on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

³⁷“When famine^s or plague^t comes to the land, or blight^u or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^v or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ³⁸and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands^w toward this temple—³⁹then hear^x from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive^y and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know^z their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), ⁴⁰so that they will fear^a you all the time they live in the land^b you gave our ancestors.

⁴¹“As for the foreigner^c who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—⁴²for they will hear^d of your great name and your mighty hand^e and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, ⁴³then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know^f your name and fear^g you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.^h