⁷ `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

⁸ and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

⁹ but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

¹⁰ `And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

¹¹ and I place there the ark, where `is' the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.'

¹² And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --

¹³ for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --

¹⁴ and saith, `O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;