1 Kings 8:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ “When I led My people Israel out of Egypt, I did not look to the tribes of Israel and appoint a city to build a temple for My name. Instead, I appointed David to reign over My people Israel.”

¹⁷ My father desired to build a temple honoring the reputation of the Eternal One, Israel’s God; ¹⁸ but He told my father, David, “It was good enough that this desire was in your heart to build such a temple for My name.