1 Kings 8:12-21

International Standard Version

“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who made a commitment^[b] to my father David and then personally^[c] fulfilled what he had promised when he said:^[d]

¹⁶ ‘From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

¹⁷ “My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁸ The Lord told my father David:

‘Therefore, since you determined^[e] to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice^[f] to do so. ¹⁹ Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born^[g] to you is to build a temple for my name.’

²⁰ “The Lord has brought to fulfillment^[h] what he promised, and now here I stand,^[i] having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the Temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ²¹ I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”