1. So Solomon finished building the Temple of the lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do.
2. Then the lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.
3. The lord said to him,“I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.