1 Kings 8:29-31

International Children’s Bible

²⁹ In the past you said, ‘I will be worshiped there.’ So please watch over this Temple night and day. Hear the prayer I pray to you here. ³⁰ Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel. Please hear us when we pray facing this place. Hear us from your home in heaven. And when you hear us, forgive us.

³¹ “If a person does something wrong against someone else, he will be brought to the altar in this Temple. If he swears an oath that he is not guilty,