1 Kings 8:56-61

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⁵⁶“Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest^(A) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises^(B) he gave through his servant Moses. ⁵⁷May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake^(C) us. ⁵⁸May he turn our hearts^(D) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. ⁵⁹And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, ⁶⁰so that all the peoples^(E) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.^(F) ⁶¹And may your hearts^(G) be fully committed^(H) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

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1 Kings 11:9-13

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⁹The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared^(A) to him twice. ¹⁰Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods,^(B) Solomon did not keep the Lord’s command.^(C) ¹¹So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees,^(D) which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear^(E) the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. ¹²Nevertheless, for the sake of David^(F) your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. ¹³Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe^(G) for the sake^(H) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”^(I)