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1 Kings 8:20-22
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 8:20-22
New Catholic Bible
20 The Lord has kept the promise that he made. I have been raised up in my father’s stead to reign upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 I have provided a place for the Ark in which one finds the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
22 Solomon’s Prayer.[a] Solomon then stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands to the heavens.
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- 1 Kings 8:22 A prayer filled with faith and love. It gradually moves outward from the needs of the people to the dimensions of the world and touches in a very concrete way on difficult situations. Even if the section on the Exile was added after the possibility had become a reality, it is completely in the spirit of the prayer. In this liturgical supplication, which ends with a blessing, Solomon plays the role of a high priest—a privileged intermediary between the Lord and his people. The remainder, in its present form, is a model for the religious outlook of Israel.
