1 Kings 8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
Cross-reference
1 Kings 8:54 shows Solomon later kneeling with hands spread, revealing he moved from standing to deeper humility during prayer.
In 1 Kings 8:38, the same posture of spreading hands toward the temple is described for prayer—directly parallel.
2 Chronicles 6:12 gives the parallel account of Solomon standing and spreading his hands in prayer before the altar.
Isaiah 1:15 warns that spreading hands in prayer is rejected if hands are stained with sin, contrasting Solomon's accepted posture.
Psalm 44:20 warns against spreading hands to a foreign god—contrasting Solomon's proper posture of spreading hands to the LORD.
Exodus 9:29 has Moses spreading his hands to pray for the hail to stop, a similar intercessory gesture.
Exodus 9:33 records Moses spreading his hands and the hail ceasing, reinforcing the power of that same prayer posture.
1 Timothy 2:8 calls men to pray with holy hands in every place, extending Solomon's temple gesture to all believers.
Ezra 9:5 shows Ezra using the same prayer posture—spreading out his hands to the Lord—as Solomon does here.
Psalm 28:2 also depicts lifting hands toward the sanctuary in prayer, echoing Solomon's posture of pleading.
Lamentations 1:17 depicts Zion stretching out hands in desolation—parallel posture of supplication but in a lament context.
Psalm 63:4 describes lifting hands to bless God, paralleling Solomon's raised hands in prayer but with a praise focus.