1 Kings 8:12-21 Solomon’s Speech of DedicationThen Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Solomon’s Speech of Dedication
Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness. ¹³ Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever.”
¹⁴ Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing. ¹⁵ Then Solomon prayed: “Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what he had promised when he said: ¹⁶ ‘From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ ¹⁷ “My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. ¹⁸ The LORD told my father David:‘Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so. ¹⁹ Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born to you is to build a temple for my name.’ ²⁰ “The LORD has brought to fulfillment what he promised, and now here I stand, having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the Temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. ²¹ I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”