I. Kings VIII. 47.

‘B.C.1004. ;away captives unto the_land_of the enemy, far or near ;
37 Yet if they «shall_’ bethink them- selves in the land whither they were_ carried_captives, and ‘repent, and ‘make_supplication unto Thee in the_ land_of them_that_carried_them_cap- tives, saying, ‘We -have_sinned, and ‘haye_done_perversely, we shave_com- mitted wickedness ;’
48 And so-return unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the_land_of their enemies, which led them away_captive, and -pray unto Thee toward their land, which Thou gayest unto their fathers, the city which Thou -hast_chosen, and the house which J -have_built for Thy name:
49 Then -hear Thou their «prayer and their -supplication in tx-heaven Thy dwelling place, and -maintain their Jj cause,
50 And -forgive Thy people that -have_ sinned against Thee, and all their transgressions wherein they -have_
essed against Thee, and -give them compassion before them_who_} : carried_them_captive, that they -may_ | le have_compassion_on them :
5l For thep be Thy people, and Thine |
inheritance, which Thou broughtest_ forth out_of Egypt, from the_midst_of the_furnace_of *iron : . 52 That Thine eyes may_be open unto the_supplication_of Thy servant, and} unto the_supplication_of Thy -people Israél, to hearken unto them in all that they call_for unto Thee.
53 For Thon didst_separate them from | among all the_=people_of the earth, to) be Thine inheritance, « as Thou spak- est by the_hand_of Moses Thy servant, | when Thou broughtest our -fathers out_of Egypt, O_4 =Lord / Gop.”
And it was so, that when Solomon had_made_an_end of praying «all xthis xprayer and xsupplication unto ‘the ‘x.| LORD, he arose from before the_altar_of 4the Lorp, from kneeling on his knees | with his hands spread_up to ¢ =heaven.
55 And he stood, and blessed «all the_ | ascongregation_of Israél with a loud “| voice, saying,
56 “Blessed be 1 the Lord, that -hath_ given rest unto His -people Israél, ac- cording_to all that He promised: there hath not /failed one word of all His xgood promise, which He promised by | the_hand_of Moses His servant.
5+ J The Lorp our =God tbe with us, ac as He was with our fathers : let Him | not leaye us, nor forsake us:
588 That_He_may_incline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He | commanded our «fathers.
59 And let these my words, wherewith I -have_made_supplication before ihe Lorp, be_nigh unto ‘the Lorp our
47. Neh. 1.4- . Dan. 9.
j. judgment. 50. Ps. 106.
A ne =God day and night, that He maintain its day. the_j cause_of His servant, and the_
jcause_of His people Israél tat all times, as the matter shall_require:
6 That all the_=people_of the earth may_know that / the Lorp a! is x=God,
| Me:
and that there is none else,