12 The Lord appeared to him at night. He said, "I have heard your prayer. I have chosen this place for myself. It is a temple where sacrifices will be offered.
13 "Suppose I close up the sky and there isn't any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people.
14 But they make themselves low in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people.
15 "Now my eyes will see them. My ears will pay attention to the prayers they offer in this place.
16 I have chosen this temple. I have set it apart for myself. My Name will be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17 "But you must walk with me, just as your father David did. Do everything I command you to do. Obey my rules and laws.
18 Then I will set up your royal throne. I made a covenant with your father David to do that. I said to him, 'You will always have a son to rule over Israel.'