2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
This is Solomon's closing plea in his dedicatory prayer offered after the temple was built. He prayed it aloud while kneeling on a brazen scaffold in the presence and hearing of Israel, and his words are recorded in Scripture. That shows that prayer at the temple could be public, vocal, and open.
In it he asks God to keep watch over the temple with open eyes and to be attentive with open ears to the prayers offered in that place. The plea belongs with his request that God hear from heaven the prayers directed toward the temple, forgive, and answer people who turn to Him in varied troubles.
The temple is the place God chose to bear His name, yet heaven and earth cannot contain Him, for His dwelling is in heaven. The prayer teaches that God is not confined to a temple: He meets His people by His Spirit when they gather for worship, visits them wherever they are, and may be worshiped in every place.