1 Raja-raja 8:22

Solomon Prays for Israel

8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ²  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

[8:22]  ¹ tn Or “heaven.”

[8:27]  ² tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.