1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ¹  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ²  I will be constantly present there. ³ 

1 Kings 9:7

9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land ⁴  I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, ⁵  and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed ⁶  among all the nations.

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ³ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[9:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will cut off Israel from upon the surface of the land.”

[9:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the temple which I consecrated for my name I will send away from before my face.”

[9:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.