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 tn Heb “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 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”