He then said: “In case they [the Israelites] sin against you (for there is no man that does not sin), and you have to be incensed at them and abandon them to the enemy,... and they indeed come to their senses in the land where they have been carried off captive, and they actually return and make request to you for favor in the land of their captors,... you must also hear from the heavens, your established place of dwelling, their prayer and their request for favor. ” ​ — 1 Kings 8: 46 - 49.
והשיבו אל לבם בארץ אשר נשבו שם, ושבו והתחננו אליך בארץ שוביהם,... ושמעת השמים, מכון שבתך, את תפילתם ואת תחינתם ”. — מלכים א ’. ח ’: 46 – 49‏ .‏