1 Kings 8:33-46

New International Version

³³ “When your people Israel have been defeated^(A) by an enemy because they have sinned^(B) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,^{(C) 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 rain^(D) because your people have sinned^(E) 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, ³⁶ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach^(F) them the right way^(G) to live, and send rain^(H) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

³⁷ “When famine^(I) or plague^(J) comes to the land, or blight^(K) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^(L) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ³⁸ and 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^(M) toward this temple— ³⁹ then hear^(N) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive^(O) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know^(P) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), ⁴⁰ so that they will fear^(Q) you all the time they live in the land^(R) you gave our ancestors.

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

⁴⁴ “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray^(Y) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, ⁴⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.^(Z)

⁴⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin^(AA)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive^(AB) to their own lands, far away or near;