Understanding God's Heart For Us in Song
1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
4 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;
6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
8 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’