2 Chronicles 6:13-21

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7 1/2 feet  long, 7 1/2 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet  high and put it in the court. He stood on it,  knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.  He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth,  who keeps his gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.  You have kept what you promised to your servant, my father David. You spoke directly to him, and you fulfilled your promise by your power, as it is today.  Therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep what you promised to your servant, my father David: “You will never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel,  if only your sons take care to walk in my Law as you have walked before me.” Now, Lord God of Israel, please confirm what you promised to your servant David. But will God indeed live on earth with humans? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you,  much less this temple I have built. Listen  to your servant’s prayer and his petition, Lord my God, so that you may hear the cry and the prayer that your servant prays before you, so that your eyes watch over this temple day and night, toward the place where you said you would put your name;  and so that you may hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. Hear the petitions of your servant and your people Israel, which they pray toward this place. May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven. May you hear and forgive.