1 Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do, 2 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
1 Kings 9:1–3
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2 Chronicles 7:11–13
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1 Kings 8:11–13
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2 Chronicles 7:1–2
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2 Chronicles 7:15–17
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1 Kings 3:9–11
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