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If you do, I will make your kingdom strong. This is the agreement I made with your father David, saying, 'Someone from your family will always rule in Israel.'
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I have chosen this Temple and made it holy. So I will be worshiped there forever. Yes, I will always watch over it and love it.
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"But you must serve me as your father David did. You must obey all I have commanded and keep my laws and rules.
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If you do, I will make your kingdom strong. This is the agreement I made with your father David, saying, 'Someone from your family will always rule in Israel.'
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"But you must follow me and obey the laws and commands I have given you. You must not serve or worship other gods.
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If you do, I will take the Israelites out of my land, the land I have given them, and I will leave this Temple that I have made holy. All the nations will make fun of it and speak evil about it.