3 All the people of Israel were standing there. The king turned to face them and asked God’s blessing on them. 4 2 S 7.1-13;1 Ch 17.1-12He said, "Praise the LordGod of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father Davidwhen he said to him, 5 ‘From the time I brought my people out of Egyptuntil now, I did not choose any city in the land of Israel as the place to build a temple where I would be worshiped, and I did not choose anyone to lead my people Israel. 6 But now I have chosen Jerusalemas the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.’"
7 And Solomon continued, "My father Davidplanned to build a temple for the worship of the LordGod of Israel, 8 but the Lordsaid to him, ‘You were right in wanting to build a temple for me, 9 but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.’
10 "Now the Lordhas kept his promise: I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built a temple for the worship of the LordGod of Israel. 11 I have placed in the Temple the Covenant Box, which contains the stone tablets of the covenant which the Lordmade with the people of Israel."
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).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
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).