By night. — This is implied in Kings, which has, “as He had appeared unto him in Gibeon.”

I have heard thy prayer. — From this point begins the chronicler’s addition to the prayer as extant in the older text. Judging by the style, the added section must have formed an integral part of the original text, from which both the editor of Kings and the chronicler drew their narratives.

An house of sacrifice (bêth zâbah). — A phrase occurring nowhere else in the Old Testament.

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