For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, then knelt before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
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11and there I have placed the ark, which holds the covenant Yahweh made with the Israelites.” 12Then, in front of the altar of Yahweh and facing the whole assembly of Israel, he took his stand and spread out his hands. 13For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, then knelt before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven 14and said: “Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and faithful love toward your servants who walk before you with their whole heart. 15You have kept toward your servant David my father what you promised him: what you spoke with your mouth you have fulfilled with your hand, as it is today.
