16. “Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple inamong any of the tribes of Israel,so that My name would be there.But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”
17. It was in the desire of my father Davidto build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
18. But the Lord said to my father David,“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,you have done well to have this desire.
19. Yet you are not the one to build it;instead, your son, your own offspring,will build it for My name.”
20. The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
21. I have provided a place there for the ark,where the Lord’s covenant isthat He made with our ancestorswhen He brought them out of the land of Egypt.