16 For I have now chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there forever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

17 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do according unto all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments,

18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I made the covenant with David thy father, saying, (A)Thou shalt not want a man to be ruler in Israel.

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16 I have chosen(A) 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(B) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees(C) and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(D) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(E) to rule over Israel.’(F)

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