1 Kings 9:1-9
God’s Promise and Warning
1 aNow it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and bthe king’s house, and call ▼▼Lit Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do
that Solomon desired to do, 2that ethe Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3And the Lord said to him, “ fI have heard your prayer and your plea which you have offered before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, gby putting My name there forever, and hMy eyes and My heart will be there ▼▼Lit all the days
always. 4As for you, jif 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, 5then kI will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I ▼▼Lit spoke
promised to your father David, saying, ‘ ▼▼Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man
You shall not be deprived of a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6 “ nBut 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, 7 othen I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and pthe house which I have consecrated for My name, I will ▼
▼Lit send
expel from My sight. So rIsrael will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples. 8And this house will become sa heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and ▼▼Or whistle
hiss and say, ‘ uWhy has the Lord done such a thing to this land and this house?’ 9And they will say, ‘ vBecause they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they ▼▼Lit laid hold of
adopted other gods and worshiped and served them, for that reason the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”
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