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God said that if Solomon and Israel turned away and served other gods, Israel would be cut off from the land and the house would become a proverb and byword (1 Kings 9:6-7). Outsiders would ask why this happened, and the answer would be that they forsook the LORD who brought them out of Egypt and held to other gods (1 Kings 9:8-9).
6But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
8Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
9and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.