1 Kings 9:4–9

⁴And if thou wilt ^hwalk before me, ⁱas David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: ⁵then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, ^kas I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. ⁶But if you shall at all ^lturn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: ^7mthen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed ⁿfor my name, will I cast out of my sight; ^oand Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: ⁸and at this house, ^pwhich is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, ^qWhy hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? ⁹And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.