“I have heard^(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name^(B) there forever. My eyes^(C) and my heart will always be there.

⁴ “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart^(D) and uprightness, as David^(E) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,^{(F) 5} I will establish^(G) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail^(H) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen^(B) this place for myself^(C) as a temple for sacrifices.

¹³ “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,^(D) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name,^(E) will humble^(F) themselves and pray and seek my face^(G) and turn^(H) from their wicked ways, then I will hear^(I) from heaven, and I will forgive^(J) their sin and will heal^(K) their land. ¹⁵ Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.^{(L) 16} I have chosen^(M) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

¹⁷ “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully^(N) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees^(O) and laws, ¹⁸ I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted^(P) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor^(Q) to rule over Israel.’^(R)