¹² And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

¹³ For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.