1 Kings 9:1-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

God’s Promise and Warning

9 ^(A)Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and ^(B)the king’s house, and ^(C)all ^[a]that Solomon desired to do, ² that ^(D)the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. ³ The Lord said to him, “^(E)I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built ^(F)by putting My name there forever, and ^(G)My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. ⁴ As for you, ^(H)if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, ⁵ then ^(I)I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I ^[b]promised to your father David, saying, ‘^[c]You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

⁶ “^(J)But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, ^7 (K)then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and ^(L)the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will ^[d]cast out of My sight. So ^(M)Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.