1 Kings 8:12-21

Revised Geneva Translation

¹² Then Solomon spoke, “The LORD said that He would dwell in the dark cloud.

¹³ “I have built You a House to dwell in, a habitation for You to abide in forever.”

¹⁴ And the king turned his face and blessed all the Congregation of Israel. For all the Congregation of Israel stood.

¹⁵ And he said, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, Who spoke with His Mouth to David, my father, and has, with His Hand, fulfilled it, saying,

¹⁶ ‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel to build a House, so that My Name might be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people, Israel.’

¹⁷ “And it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a House to the Name of the LORD God of Israel.

¹⁸ “And the LORD said to David, my father, ‘Insomuch as it was in your heart to build a House to My Name, you did well that you were so minded.

¹⁹ ‘Nevertheless, you shall not build the House. But your son, who shall come out of your loins, he shall build the House to My Name.’

²⁰ “And the LORD has made good His Word that He spoke. And I have risen up in the room of David, my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the House for the Name of the LORD God of Israel.

²¹ “And I have prepared a place for the Ark in it, in which is the Covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”