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Solomon praying, temple courtyard and assembly; battle remains hypothetical in text.
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1 Kings 8:44-45

Uphold their cause

The Ark and the Temple Dedication · 1 Kings 8

Story guide: Solomon prays in the temple courtyard before the assembly, asking that God uphold Israel's cause in battle; the war itself is only hypothetical in the text, so none is shown.

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44When your people go out to battle against their enemy by the way you send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

45then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

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