1 KINGS 8:11-21

¹¹so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

¹²Then spake Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

¹³I have surely built thee an house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

¹⁴And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

¹⁵And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

¹⁶Since 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 an house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

¹⁷Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

¹⁸But the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart:

¹⁹nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

²⁰And the LORD hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

²¹And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.