1 The Lord's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished, and Solomon had built everything he wanted.
2 Some time later the Lord appeared to him again in a dream, just as he had done at Gibeon.
3 The Lord said:I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. 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,
5 and I will keep my promise to David that someone from your family will always be king of Israel.
6 But if you or any of your descendants disobey my commands or start worshipping foreign gods,
7 I will no longer let my people Israel live in this land I gave them. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshipped. Then people everywhere will think this nation is only a joke and will make fun of it.