Having confessed the inadequacy of the temple he built, Solomon, nonetheless, entreats the Lord to accept Solomon’s prayer that he is about to make by listening to the king’s supplications.
In verses 29 and 30 Solomon summarizes the entire prayer by asking that God’s attention would graciously be focused always, night and day,
upon the temple so that God might listen to the prayers that are offered to him when prayers are made toward
this temple. Solomon bases his request on the promise of God that his name will be in the temple that Solomon had built.
These verses summarize the content of most of the prayer. Solomon in the prayer as it unfolded spoke of several possible circumstances in which Israel (and others) and others would pray toward the place where the temple was, asking for deliverance or other intervention by the Lord. Noteworthy is that Solomon mentions that what will be the chief need of the people is forgiveness.
28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day,