^{12 Ref} Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

^{13 Ref} (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)