1 Kings 8:14-21

14Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

15He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

16He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

17Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

18The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

19But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’

20The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

21and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”