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.
13 For indeed, Solomon had made a bronze base, and he had positioned it in the midst of the hall; it held five cubits in length, and five cubits in width, and three cubits in height. And he stood upon it. And next, kneeling down while facing the entire multitude of Israel, and lifting up his palms towards heaven,
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