22 Then Solomon ^mstood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and ⁿspread out his hands toward heaven, 23 and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, ^othere is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, ^pkeeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; 24 you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. ^eYou spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.

54 ^uNow as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had ^vknelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. 55 And he stood and ^wblessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. ^xNot one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. ^yMay he not leave us or forsake us, 58 that he may ^zincline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. 59 Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, 60 that ^aall the peoples of the earth may know that ^bthe Lord is God; there is no other. 61 ^cLet your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”