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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

who sets his heart on seek ing God—the Lord, the God of his
fa thers?" (2 Chronicles, 30:18-19)

... Three times a day he [Daniel] got down on his knees and
prayed, giv ing thanks to his God, just as he had done be fore.
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel pray ing
and ask ing God for help. (Daniel, 6:10-11)

Then Solomon stood... spread out his hands to ward heav en
and said: "O Lord... there is no god like You in heav en above
or on earth be low—You Who keep Your cov e nant of love with
Your ser vants who con tin ue whole heart ed ly in Your way. O
Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that Your ser vant

is pray ing in Your pres ence this day... You will hear the
prayer Your ser vant prays to ward this place. Hear the sup pli -
ca tion of Your ser vant and of Your peo ple... when they pray
to ward this place. When a man wrongs his neigh bor and is re -
quired to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath be -
fore Your al tar in this house... judge be tween your ser vants,
con demn ing the guilty and bring ing down on his own head
what he has done... when they turn back to You and con fess
Your name, pray ing and mak ing sup pli ca tion to You in this
house, then... for give the sin of Your peo ple... and bring them
back to the land You gave to their fa thers. When the heav ens
are shut up and there is no rain be cause Your peo ple have
sinned against You, and when they pray to ward this place
and con fess Your name and turn from their sin... then for give

the sin of Your ser vants... Teach them the right way to live,
and send rain on the land You gave Your peo ple for an in her -
it ance. When fam ine or plague comes to the land, or blight or
mil dew, lo custs or grass hop pers, or when an en e my be sie ges
them in any of their cit ies, what ev er dis as ter or dis ease may

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