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from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

1 KINGS ix. 3.

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I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

THE PRAYER OF A PROPHET FOR THE RESTORATION OF JEROBOAM'S WITHERED HAND.

1 KINGS Xiii. 6.

And the king said unto the man of God,

Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me that my hand may

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stored me again. And the man of God. besought the Lord.

THE ANSWER TO HIS PRAYER.

1 KINGS Xiii. 6.

And the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

THE PRAYER OF ELIJAH.

1 KINGS Xvii. 1.

And Elijah said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years but according to my word.

JAMES V. 17.

And it rained not by the space of three years and six months.

JAMES V. 18.

And Elijah prayed again,

And the heaven gave rain; and the earth

brought forth her fruit.

THE PRAYER OF ELIJAH FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE WIDOW'S SON.

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And Elijah cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again,

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And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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jah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. Hints out

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Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, the Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

THE PRAYER OF ELISHA, FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE SHUNAMITE'S

SON.

2 KINGS iv. 32-35.

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and

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laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro and went up, and stretched himself upon him. i a ༄(}

THE ANSWER TO ELISHA'S PRAYER.

2 KINGS iv. 35.

And the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

THE PRAYER OF ELISHA.

2 KINGS vi. 13-17.

And the king of Syria said, Go and spy where Elisha is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great

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