1 kings 9 when solomon had finishedbuilding the temple of thelordand the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,2thelordappearedto him a second time, as he had appeared to him at gibeon.3thelordsaid to him:  i have heardthe prayer and plea you have made before me; i have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my namethere forever. my eyesand my heart will always be there.  4as for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heartand uprightness, as davidyour father did, and do all i command and observe my decrees and laws,5i will establishyour royal throne over israel forever, as i promised david your father when i said, you shall never failto have a successor on the throne of israel.  6but if youor your descendants turn awayfrom me and do not observe the commands and decrees i have given you and go off to serve other godsand worship them,7then i will cut off israel from the landi have given them and will reject this temple i have consecrated for my name.israel will then become a bywordand an object of ridiculeamong all peoples.8this temple will become a heap of rubble. allwho pass by will be appalledand will scoff and say, why has thelorddone such a thing to this land and to this temple?9people will answer,because they have forsakenthelordtheir god, who brought their ancestors out of egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving themthat is why thelordbrought all this disasteron them.   e/?search=1%20kings%209&version=niv
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