3 And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by ^vputting my name there forever. My ^weyes and my heart will be there for all time.

12 Then ^pthe Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have ^qchosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.