2 Chronicles 6:11-13

Expanded Bible

¹¹ There I have put the Ark, in which is the ·Agreement [covenant; treaty] the Lord made with the ·Israelites [people of Israel].”

Solomon’s Prayer

¹² Then Solomon stood ·facing [^Lbefore] the Lord’s altar, ·and all the Israelites were standing behind him [^Lin the presence of the assembly/community of Israel]. He ·spread out [lifted] his hands. ¹³ He had made a bronze platform ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] long, ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] wide, and ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] high, and he had placed it in the middle of the outer courtyard. Solomon stood on the platform. Then he kneeled in front of all the ·people [^Lassembly; community] of Israel gathered there, and he spread out his hands toward ·the sky [heaven].