New King James Version

1 Kings 8:16-20 New King James Version (NKJV)

16. ‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’

17. Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

18. But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

19. Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’

20. So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.