It was so heavy that the priests could not enter the house of the LORD and all of the people bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement.
Hear in heaven Your dwelling place and when You hear, forgive.'Īnd when he had finished his prayer fire came down and consumed the sacrifice and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 'And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. During his prayer he said:ġ King 8:28-30 '.regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O LORD my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: 'that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, 'My name shall be there,' that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. When the magnificent temple of Solomon was completed around 953 BC the priest's brought the Ark of the Covenant to its resting place at the new temple in Jerusalem and king Solomon spread forth his hands toward heaven and spoke a prayer of dedication in the presence of all the people as they were standing. Dan 6:10 'And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.' They Prayed 'Toward Jerusalem' Glory and The Temple of Solomon
