1 Kings 8:12–21

^12rThen Solomon spoke:

“The Lord said He would dwell ^sin the dark cloud.

^13tI have surely built You an exalted house,

^uAnd a place for You to dwell in forever.”

Solomon’s Speech at Completion of the Work

¹⁴Then the king turned around and ^vblessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. ¹⁵And he said: ^w“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who ^xspoke with His mouth to my father David, and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying, ¹⁶‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that ^yMy name might be there; but I chose ^zDavid to be over My people Israel.’ ¹⁷Now ^ait was in the heart of my father David to build a ⁴temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ^18bBut the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. ¹⁹Nevertheless ^cyou shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’ ²⁰So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have ⁵filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, ^das the Lord promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel. ²¹And there I have made a place for the ark, in which is ^ethe covenant of the Lord which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”