44 "Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God directed Moses to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. [Ex 25:9-40] 45 Our fathers also brought it in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the *nations whom God drove out before our fathers, [and so it remained here] until the time of David, [Deut 32:49; Josh 3:14-17] 46 who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the *God of Jacob. [2 Sam 7:8-16; Ps 132:1-5] 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for Him. [1 Kin 6] 48 However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says, [1 Kin 8:27]

49 ‘Heaven is My throne,

And the earth is the footstool for My feet;

What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,

‘Or what place is there for My rest?

50 ‘Was it not My hand that made all these things?’ [Is 66:1, 2]