1 Kings 8:54

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

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  • Luke 22:45 : 45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
  • Acts 20:36 : 36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
  • 1 Kgs 8:22 : 22 Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,
  • 2 Chr 6:12-13 : 12 Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, 13 (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)
  • 2 Chr 7:1 : 1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.
  • Ps 95:6 : 6 O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.
  • Luke 11:1 : 1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?
  • Luke 22:41 : 41 And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,

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  • 1 Kgs 8:22-23
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    22 Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

    23 Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

  • 2 Chr 6:12-14
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    12 Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

    13 (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

    14 And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;

  • 1 Kgs 8:55
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    55 And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

  • 2 Chr 7:1
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    1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 30:27
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    27 Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 1:47
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    47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
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    53 So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 2 Chr 6:3-4
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    3 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
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    14 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
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    12 Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
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    4 And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.

  • 2 Chr 1:6-8
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    6 And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.

    7 In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

    8 And Solomon said to God, Great was your mercy to David my father, and you have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38
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    38 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-30
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    28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

    29 That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

    30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

  • 2 Chr 29:29
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    29 And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
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    19 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

    20 That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

    21 And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
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    15 And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

  • 2 Chr 6:40
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    40 Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:62
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    62 Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 6:29
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    29 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

  • 1 Chr 29:20
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    20 And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.

  • Ps 141:2
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    2 Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

  • Isa 37:15
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    15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Chr 7:4
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    4 Then the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
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    3 And the Lord said to him, Your prayers and your requests for grace have come to my ears: I have made holy this house which you have made, and I have put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

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    2 Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.

  • Dan 6:10
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    10 For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
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    12 Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42
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    42 (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

  • Ps 28:2
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    2 Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23 So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.

  • 1 Kgs 8:35
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    35 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
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    52 Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

  • 1 Kgs 8:59
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    59 And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need.

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    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:49
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    49 Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;

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    7 Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

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    33 When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house: