2 Chronicles 6:5-17

5‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city among all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name (Presence) might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a leader over My people Israel;

6but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

7Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

8But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well that it was in your heart.

9Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he shall build the house for My Name.’

10Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

11There I have placed the ark [the symbol of His Presence] in which is the covenant of the Lord [the Ten Commandments], which He made with the people (descendants) of Israel.”

12Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits square and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, and he knelt down on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,

14and he said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on the earth, keeping covenant and showing mercy and lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You [in obedience] with all their heart,

15[You] who have kept Your promise to Your servant David, my father, that which You told him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is today.

16Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You promised him, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, provided your sons are careful to walk in My law as you, [David,] have walked before Me.’

17Now then, O Lord, the God of Israel, let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David be confirmed (verified).