Solomon prayed to God: “Whatever prayer, whatever request for favor there may occur on the part of any man or of all your people Israel, because they know each one the plague of his own heart, and they actually spread out their palms to this house, then may you yourself hear from the heavens, your established place of dwelling, and you must forgive and act and give to each one according to all his ways, because you know his heart (for you yourself alone well know the heart of all the sons of mankind); to the end that they may fear you all the days that they are alive upon the surface of the ground that you gave to our forefathers. ” ​ — 1 Kings 8: 38 - 40.
Salamans toreiz lūdza Dievam: ” Lai arī kāda būtu lūgšana vai Tevis piesauksme, un lai to izteiktu vai nu atsevišķs cilvēks, vai arī visa tava tauta Israēls kā tāda, jo ikviens pats labi zinās savas sirds pārmetumus, un tad tas izplētīs savas rokas pret šo vietu, Tad Tu uzklausi to debesīs, savā dzīvojamā mājoklī, un piedod un dari un dod ikvienam cilvēkam pēc tā ceļiem, jo Tu vien zini tā sirdsprātu, Tu esi vienīgais, kas pazīsti visu cilvēku bērnu sirdis.