2 Samuel 7:2-3

2the king said to aNathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell bin a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells cin a tent.” 3And Nathan said to the king, dGo, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:13

13 eHe shall build a house for my name, and fI will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

1 Kings 5:5

5And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, gas the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’

1 Kings 5:12

12And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, has he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

1 Kings 8:15-22

15And he said, iBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled jwhat he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 16 k‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, lthat my name might be there. mBut I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ 17 nNow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19 oNevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ 20Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, pas the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21And there I have provided a place for the ark, qin which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

22Then Solomon rstood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and sspread out his hands toward heaven,
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