1 Kings 9:1–9
9 When Solomon had finishedr building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeareds to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:
“I have heardt the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Nameu there forever. My eyesv and my heart will always be there.
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heartw and uprightness, as Davidx your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,y 5 I will establishz your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never faila to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
6 “But if youa or your descendants turn awayb from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given youb and go off to serve other godsc and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the landd I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.e Israel will then become a bywordf and an object of ridiculeg among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. Allc who pass by will be appalledh and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’i 9 People will answer,j ‘Because they have forsakenk the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disasterl on them.’ ”