Situation 5: A foreigner’s prayer

The *temple was to be a house of prayer for all nations (Isaiah 56:6-7). It was not only for the *Israelites to *worship their God. God’s power and his greatness would attract people from all parts of the world. They would come to the *temple to pray to the God of heaven. God’s great name would attract them. They will hear what he has done. They will know about his power.

Solomon asks God to answer the prayers of these foreigners. They will know fear for God, who created the whole world. And they will know that this is his *temple.

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