1Kings:9:1-9
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And it came to pass ,
when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king '
s house ,
and all Solomon '
s desire which he wanted to do ,
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that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time ,
as He had appeared to him at Gibeon .
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And the LORD said to him : "
I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me ;
I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever ,
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually .
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Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked ,
in integrity of heart and in uprightness ,
to do according to all that I have commanded you ,
and if you keep My statutes and My judgments ,
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then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever ,
as I promised David your father ,
saying , "
You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel .'
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But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me ,
and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you ,
but go and serve other gods and worship them ,
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then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them ;
and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight .
Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples .
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And as for this house ,
which is exalted ,
everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss ,
and say , "
Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house ?'
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Then they will answer , "
Because they forsook the LORD their God ,
who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt ,
and have embraced other gods ,
and worshiped them and served them ;
therefore the LORD has brought all this calamity on them ."'
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