1 Kings 8:17-21
1 Kings 8:17
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:18
But 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.
1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.’
1 Kings 8:20
Now 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 I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:21
And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.” The Prayer of Dedication