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1 Kings 9:2-4
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1 Kings 9:2-4
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2 (A) Some time later the Lord appeared to him again in a dream, just as he had done at Gibeon. 3 (B) The Lord said:
I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshiped forever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.
4 You must obey me, as your father David did, and be honest and fair. Obey my laws and teachings,
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1 Kings 9:2-4
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1 Kings 9:2-4
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2 the Lord appeared(A) to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:
“I have heard(B) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(C) there forever. My eyes(D) and my heart will always be there.
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(E) and uprightness, as David(F) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(G)
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