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^(C1)Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and ^(C2)the king's house, and ^(C3)all ^(F1)that Solomon desired to do,

that ^(C1)the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

And the LORD said to him, "^(C1)I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have offered before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, ^(C2)by putting My name there forever, and ^(C3)My eyes and My heart will be there ^(F1)always.

"As for you, ^(C1)if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and honesty, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My ordinances,

then ^(C1)I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I ^(F1)promised to your father David, saying, '^(F2)You shall not be deprived of a man on the throne of Israel.'

"^(C1)But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have placed before you, but you go and serve other gods and worship them,

^(C1)then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and ^(C2)the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will ^(F1)expel from My sight. So ^(C3)Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples.

"And this house will become ^(C1)a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and ^(F1)hiss and say, '^(C2)Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and this house?'

"And they will say, '^(C1)Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they ^(F1)adopted other gods and worshiped and served them, for that reason the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.'"