1 Kings 8:15-17

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ Then he prayed: “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He himself has done what he promised to my father David. The Lord told my father, ¹⁶ ‘I brought my people Israel out of Egypt. But I have not yet chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for worshiping me. But I have chosen David to rule over my people Israel.’

¹⁷ “My father David wanted to build a temple for worshiping the Lord, the God of Israel.