1 Kings 8:14-24

14The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

15He said: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He spoke directly to my father David, and he has fulfilled the promise by his power. He said,

16“Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that my name would be there. But I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.”

17My father David had his heart set on building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

18But the Lord said to my father David, “Since your heart was set on building a temple for my name, you have done well to have this desire.

19Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for my name.”

20The Lord has fulfilled what he promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

21I have provided a place there for the ark, where the Lord’s covenant is that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

23He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below, who keeps the gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.

24You have kept what you promised to your servant, my father David. You spoke directly to him and you fulfilled your promise by your power as it is today.