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18 And the Lord said unto David my father, ‘Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto My name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto My name.’

20 And the Lord hath performed His word that He spoke; and I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

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