1Kings:9:1-9

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* And it happened as Solomon finished the building of the house of the LORD , and the king 's house , and all Solomon 's desire which he was pleased to do , * the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time , as He had appeared to him at Gibeon . * And the LORD said to him , I have heard your prayer and your cry which you have made before Me . I have made this house which you have built holy , to put My name there forever . And My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually . * And if you will walk before Me as David your father walked , in integrity of heart and in uprightness , to do according to all that I have commanded you ; [and ] if you will keep My statutes and My judgments , * then I will establish the throne of your kingdom on Israel forever , as I promised to David your father , saying , There shall not be cut off to you a man on the throne of Israel . * If you shall at all turn from following Me , you or your sons , and will not keep My commandments [and ] My statutes which I have set before you , but go and serve other gods and worship them , * then I will cut off Israel from the face of the land which I have given them . And this house which I have made holy for My name I will cast out of My sight . And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people . * As to this house [which ] is exalted , everyone who passes by it shall be amazed and shall hiss . And they shall say , Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house ? * And they shall answer , Because they left the LORD their God who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt , and have taken hold on other gods and have worshiped them and served them . On account of this the LORD has brought on them all this evil .

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