Deuteronomy 30:3
1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you. 2 Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today, 3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you. 4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.
1 Kings 8:50
48 When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them. 50 Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. 51 After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.
Notes and References
"... The first draft of this passage may stem from the Babylonian time, but in its present form a Persian period setting is more likely. Interestingly the prayer brings together the gift of the land and the fact of living outside the land. The expression “the land given to the fathers” appears for the first time in Deuteronomist in 1 Kings 8 (verses 34, 40, 48) while in the Books of Deuteronomy and Joshua the land “promised to the fathers” appears constantly. It is only after the building of the Temple that the divine oath is fulfilled. But in spite of the importance of the Temple, Solomon underlines in his prayer YHWH’s optional separation from his sanctuary: he could be worshipped outside of the Temple. This is obvious in the prayer occasions of verses 31-51. Contrary to the almost identical call to YHWH (“hear from heaven”), the place from which the prayer is spoken varies in an interesting manner. In the first case, it is clearly the Temple, before the altar (verse 31). Then (verse 35), the prayer is addressed towards the sanctuary. Finally, people pray from another country, raising their request towards the fathers’ land, the city, and the Temple (verses 46-51). That means that during the dedication of the Temple, Solomon predicts the loss of the land and the deportation. At the same time, Solomon gives the rebuilt Temple a new role: it becomes a qibla, and prayers towards the Temple replace the sacrifices. In this last prayer there is no mention of a return. The Deuteronomist redactor envisages that YHWH will listen from heaven, but will not bring the people back from exile; rather, he will grant them compassion from those who deported them. The root is rare in the context of the Deuteronomist, the closest parallel occurs in Deuteronomy 30:3, which also belongs to a Persian period text ... In Deuteronomy 30 the divine compassion leads to the return in the land, whereas in 1 Kings 8, YHWH provokes compassion among Israel’s vanquishers in order that they can live in the foreign land ..."
Himbaza, Innocent Making the Biblical Text: Textual Studies in the Hebrew and the Greek Bible (p. 7) Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015