14 As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God’s blessing on them. 15 He said, "Praise the LordGod of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he told him, 16 2 S 7.4-11;1 Ch 17.3-10‘From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshiped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.’"
17 2 S 7.1-3;1 Ch 17.1,2And Solomon continued, "My father Davidplanned to build a temple for the worship of the LordGod of Israel, 18 but the Lordsaid to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me, 19 2 S 7.12,13;1 Ch 17.11,12but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.’
20 "And now the Lordhas kept his promise. I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built the Temple for the worship of the LordGod of Israel. 21 I have also provided a place in the Temple for the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets of the covenant which the Lordmade with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt."
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).