²³ But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears ^(A)fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

¹¹ Thus ^(A)Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house.

God’s Second Appearance to Solomon^(A)

¹² Then the Lord ^(B)appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, ^(C)and have chosen this ^(D)place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.