7. “My father David wanted to build a temple as a place to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
8. But the Lord said to my father, ‘David, it was good that you wanted to build a temple as a place to worship me.
9. But you are not the one who will build the temple. Your own son will build my temple.’
10. “Now the Lord has kept his promise. I have taken my father David’s place. Now I am Israel’s king. This is what the Lord promised. And I have built the Temple where the Lord, the God of Israel, will be worshiped.
11. I have put the Ark of the Covenant there. The agreement that the Lord made with the people of Israel is kept in the Ark of the Covenant.”