"The
LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard
thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
If I shut up
heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the
land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
if my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Now mine eyes
shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this
place. 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name
may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."
II
Chronicles 7:12-15 KJV