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

¹² And Solomon said, Jehovah said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹³ I have surely built a house of loftiness for You, a settled place for You to abide in forever.

¹⁴ And the king turned his face around and blessed all the congregation of Israel. And all the congregation of Israel stood. ¹⁵ And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to David my father, and has fulfilled it by His hand, saying, ¹⁶ From the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, so that My name might be in it. But I chose David to be over My people Israel. ¹⁷ And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ And Jehovah said to my father David, Because it was in your heart to build a house to My name, you did well that it was in your heart. ¹⁹ Only, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall come out of your loins, he shall build the house to My name. ²⁰ And Jehovah has performed His Word which He spoke, and I have risen up instead of my father David. And I sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised. And I have built a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. ²¹ And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.