1. Solomon finished building the Temple of the Lord and his royal palace and everything he wanted to build.
2. Then the Lord appeared to him again just as he had done before, in Gibeon.
3. The Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and what you have asked me to do. You built this Temple, and I have made it a holy place. I will be worshiped there forever and will watch over it and protect it always.
4. “But you must serve me as your father David did; he was fair and sincere. You must obey all I have commanded and keep my laws and rules.