12. And יהוה appeared to Shelomoh by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of slaughtering.
13. “If I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
14. and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
15. “Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
16. “And now, I have chosen and set this house apart for My Name to be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall always be there.