- When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
- the LORD appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
- The LORD said to him: "I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
- "As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,
- I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
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- Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do,
- that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
- The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
- "As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,
- then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'
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