11. So Solomon finished building the Lord’S Temple and the king’s palace. Solomon did everything that he had planned to do in building a house for the Lord and for himself.
12. Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “Solomon, I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself to be a house for sacrifices.
13. When I close the sky so that there is no rain, or command the locusts to destroy the land, or send sicknesses to my people
14. and if my people who are called by my name become humble and pray, and look for me, and turn away from their evil ways, then I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin and heal their land.
15. Now, my eyes are open, and my ears will pay attention to the prayers prayed in this place.
16. I have chosen this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. So I will be honored there forever. I will watch over it and think of it always.
17. You must serve me with a pure and honest heart, just as your father David did. You must obey my laws and do everything that I commanded you. If you obey all I have commanded, and if you obey my laws and rules,
18. then I will make you a strong king and your kingdom will be great. That is the agreement I made with David your father when I told him that Israel would always be ruled by one of his descendants.
19. “But if you don’t obey my laws and commands that I gave you, and if you worship other gods and serve them,