8 the Lord said to him: 'In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.
9 But you shall not build the house. Truly, your son, who will go forth from your loins, shall build a house to my name.'
10 Therefore, the Lord has accomplished his word, which he had spoken. And I have risen up in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord spoke. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
11 And I have placed in it the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he formed with the sons of Israel.'
12 Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel, and he extended his hands.
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