8:13 O Lord, 1 truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
1 Kings 8:29
8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. 2 May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. 3
1 tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the original text, but they are supplied for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point.
2 tnHeb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
3 tnHeb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”