1 Kings 8:38 meaning and explanation
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
1 Kings 8:38, Berean Standard Bible
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Solomon is praying at the dedication of the temple, standing before the altar with his hands spread toward heaven. In this verse he asks God to hear each Israelite who comes to the temple in distress, carrying a private burden only that person fully knows.
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