15 and he said,“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has with His hand fulfilled His word, saying,
16 ‘Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city from any tribe of Israel to build a house where My name might be praised, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’
17 “My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18 The Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you had good intentions.
19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’
20 “The Lord has fulfilled His word that He spoke, and I have been elevated to the position of my father David, to sit on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
21 I have set a place there for the ark, which houses the covenant of the Lord which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”