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For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
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If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.
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Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
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For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
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And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:
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Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.
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