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.
سلیمان از خدا چنین خواست :‏ « آنگاه هر دعا و هر استغاثه‌ای که از هر مرد یا از تمامی قوم تو ،‏ اسرائیل ،‏ کرده شود که هر یک از ایشان بلای دل خود را خواهند دانست ،‏ و دست‌های خود را به سوی این خانه دراز نمایند ،‏ آنگاه از آسمان که مکان سکونت تو باشد بشنو و بیامرز و عمل نموده ،‏ به هر کس که دل او را می‌دانی به حسب راه‌هایش جزا بده ،‏ زیرا که تو به تنهایی عارف قلوب جمیع بنی‌آدم هستی .‏