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My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
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For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
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“As for you, if you faithfully follow me as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,
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then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.’
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“But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,