InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
1 Ki 8 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64
OET-LV And_he/it_was just_ Shəlomoh/(Solomon) _as_had_finished to_pray to YHWH DOM all_of the_prayer and_the_supplication (the)_this he_stood_up from_to/for_face/front/presence the_altar_of YHWH from_bowing_down on knees_of_his and_palms_of_his were_spread_out the_heavens.
OET (OET-RV) Once Shelomoh (Solomon) was finished praying this prayer and request for favour to Yahweh, he stood up from bowing on his knees with his palms spread out toward the heavens in front of Yahweh’s altar,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִלִּפְנֵ֨י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just,as_had_finished Shəlomoh/(Solomon) to=pray to/towards YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the,prayer and,the,supplication (the),this arose from=to/for=face/front/presence altar_of YHWH from,bowing_down on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in knees_of,his and,palms_of,his outstretched the=heavens )
Here, to the face of represents being in front of the altar. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in front of]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
מִכְּרֹ֣עַ עַל־בִּרְכָּ֔יו וְכַפָּ֖יו פְּרֻשׂ֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just,as_had_finished Shəlomoh/(Solomon) to=pray to/towards YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the,prayer and,the,supplication (the),this arose from=to/for=face/front/presence altar_of YHWH from,bowing_down on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in knees_of,his and,palms_of,his outstretched the=heavens )
See whether you indicated the symbolic significance of what Solomon had been doing when you translated the similar expression in 8:22.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
מִכְּרֹ֣עַ עַל־בִּרְכָּ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just,as_had_finished Shəlomoh/(Solomon) to=pray to/towards YHWH DOM all/each/any/every the,prayer and,the,supplication (the),this arose from=to/for=face/front/presence altar_of YHWH from,bowing_down on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in knees_of,his and,palms_of,his outstretched the=heavens )
It might seem that the expression from kneeling on his knees contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: [from kneeling down]
OET-LV And_he/it_was just_ Shəlomoh/(Solomon) _as_had_finished to_pray to YHWH DOM all_of the_prayer and_the_supplication (the)_this he_stood_up from_to/for_face/front/presence the_altar_of YHWH from_bowing_down on knees_of_his and_palms_of_his were_spread_out the_heavens.
OET (OET-RV) Once Shelomoh (Solomon) was finished praying this prayer and request for favour to Yahweh, he stood up from bowing on his knees with his palms spread out toward the heavens in front of Yahweh’s altar,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.