“I have heard^(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name^(B) there forever. My eyes^(C) and my heart will always be there.

⁴ “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart^(D) and uprightness, as David^(E) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,^{(F) 5} I will establish^(G) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail^(H) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

¹⁶ I have chosen^(A) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.