1 Kings 8:12-21 - Solomon's Proclamation To The Assembly Of Israel

¹² Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹³ I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever.

¹⁴ And the king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel. And all the assembly of Israel stood. ¹⁵ And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, ¹⁶ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there, but I chose David to be over my people Israel. ¹⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of LORD, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ But LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou did well that it was in thy heart. ¹⁹ Nevertheless thou shall not build the house, but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. ²⁰ And LORD has established his word that he spoke, for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of LORD, the God of Israel. ²¹ And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of LORD, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.