1 Kings 8:35

Heaven; the lower heaven, in which the clouds are; as Deuteronomy 11:17 Psalms 147:8. Is shut up; the heaven is compared to a great store-house in God's keeping, out of which nothing can be had so long as it is close shut up. If they turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them; do not reject their prayers, because they are forced from them by their afflictions, as thou mayest justly do.