17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
18But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;
19But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
20And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
21In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.
22Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,
23Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.
