When Solomon was desirous of conveying the Ark into the Temple, the doors shut themselves of their own accord against him. Here cited twenty-four psalms, yet they opened not. In vain he cried, " Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Ps. xxiv. 9). But when he prayed, " O Lord God, turn not Thy face away from Thine anointed; remember the mercies of David, Thy servant (2 Chron. vi. 42), then the gates flew open at once. Then the enemies of David turned black in the face, for all knew by this that