Solomon intercedes. (1 Kings 6:37-38) Of course his father, King David, had spent many years prior to that making preparations and gathering supplies. In the land of Palestine the people were totally dependent on the "former" and the "latter" rains in order that there might be crops. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You: Solomon asked God to hear the prayer of the foreigner out of a missionary impulse. a. I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised: Solomon recognized that his succession of David on the throne of Israel was a significant thing. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(AM) your name and fear(AN) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain: Drought was a constant threat for the agriculturally based economy of Israel. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Solomon's prayer acknowledged the greatness of the LORD, and that there was none other God like Him. As king himself, Solomon remembered and spoke those truths at the dedication of the temple in his prayer and benediction. Here they are about to dedicate this beautiful temple to the Lord and Solomon says: But may your hearts be fully committed to God. I dont know if youre familiar with the rest of the history of the Israelites and the temple, but when Gods people eventually turned away from the Lord, God took the temple away from them. But that Temple has been destroyed for over 1900 years. When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive to a land far or near; yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness; and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and pray toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and toward the temple which I have built for Your name: then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.. 30Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(M) toward this place. The substance is Christ; whatever we ask in his name, it shall be given us. 19 Bible verses about Solomon's Temple - Knowing Jesus Solomon's prayer of dedication of the Temple. And he said: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying, Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. (v. 3) Solomon declares that God has kept the promise that David's son would build a temple.