2 Chronicles 6:32
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
This verse belongs to the prayer Solomon offered after the temple was erected, at its dedication. He prayed it vocally while kneeling upon a brazen scaffold, in the presence and hearing of the people of Israel. The words of that prayer are preserved in the Bible.
The stranger is a foreigner, one not of the people Israel, who comes from a far, distant country for the sake of God's great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm and power, and who comes to pray in this house, at the temple. Solomon asks that God would hear such a foreigner from heaven, His dwelling, and answer and do according to the prayer request. The purpose is that all peoples of the earth may know God's name and fear and reverence Him, as Israel does, and may know that this house, the temple, is called by His name and bears His name.
When the prayer ended, God answered by sending fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering, and by appearing to Solomon by night to say that He had heard his prayer. Because it was thus prayed vocally before the congregation, the prayer gives warrant in the Word of God for public prayer. The dedication prayer also teaches that God is not confined to a temple made with hands, for He meets His people by His Spirit when they assemble for worship and visits them wherever they are, so His children may worship their heavenly Father in every place.