¹¹ And there I have put the ark, ^(A)in which is the covenant of the Lord which He made with the children of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication^(B)

^12 (C)Then ^[a]Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands ¹³ (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven);