1 Kings 9:1-5 - When Solomon had finished building

9:1-3

“The Lord appeared to him a second time”. This would imply that the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, as He had done on the previous occasion (1 Kings 3:5). This time the Lord assures Solomon that He has heard the prayers and pleas that we read about in the previous chapter. “I have consecrated this temple”. In Deuteronomy there was repeated emphasis on the importance of worshipping at the place that God would choose. God confirms that this temple is the place that He has chosen. God’s “eyes and heart” would always be on the temple.

9:4,5

The promise is conditional, and as Deuteronomy, and Solomon’s prayer, show, there was always the expectation that Israel would fail. “If you walk before me with integrity”.  The promise was conditional upon obedience. If Solomon and his successors obeyed the Lord, then they would continue to be on the throne of Israel.