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Solomon stood before the LORD’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;
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Verse 22. Heaven, falling on his knees, verse 54. 2 Chronicles 6:13. This is the first instance we find of people praying on their knees, which was common afterwards. 1 Ezra 9:5. Isaiah 45:24. Daniel 6:10. Acts 9:40 and 20:36. The Christian church generally adopts this custom. So did the pagans, (Et genibus pronus, supplex, similisque roganti. Metam. iii.) as they also stretched for their hands. Sustulit exutas vinclis ad sidera palmas, says Virgil. Æn. ii. 153. This practice was very general. Psalms 27:2. 1 Timothy 2:8.
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